Proper little vixen! <br /> <br />We name her Mademoiselle Zoro <br /> <br />‘cos she’s so...daring <br /> <br />robbing <br />our suburban bin <br /> <br />setting it a clatter <br />in a ca-ca-cacophony of... <br /> <br />startled <br />as the houselights come suddenly on <br /> <br />she freezes...to the spot <br /> <br />half real half shadow <br /> <br />laughs at our oh so <br />tame humanness <br /> <br />singing to her as we always do: <br /> <br />“Wild thing...you make my heart sing! ” <br /> <br />“Humans! ” <br />(you can hear her thinking) <br />“...daft as brushes....the naked two of them...” <br /> <br />deftly she <br />gives herself <br /> <br />back to the darkness <br />knowing she has <br /> <br />tamed us.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-make-my-heart-sing-for-mademoiselle-zoro/
