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relentless
the squirrels are.
all
looking about the same.
grey
and fat
this time of year.
unpettable and wild.
their
nut eyes
never stopping to gaze
too long
at any one thing.
digging at the fallen
seed,
onto the bird
feeder they swing.
into the steel
lidded bucket
to find more.
there is no stopping
them,
their need for more,
and more.
it's the world we live
in.
no difference
between us
and them.