I'LL be an otter, and I'll let you swim <br />A mate beside me; we will venture down <br />A deep, full river when the sky above <br />Is shut of the sun; spoilers are we; <br />Thick-coated; no dog's tooth can bite at our veins <br />With ears and eyes of poachers; deep-earthed ones <br />Turned hunters: let him slip past, <br />The little vole, my teeth are on an edge <br />For the King-fish of the River! <br /> <br />I hold him up <br />The glittering salmon that smells of the sea: <br />I hold him up and whistle! <br /> <br />Now we go <br />Back to our earth; we will tear and eat <br />Sea-smelling salmon: you will tell the cubs <br />I am the Booty-brmger: I am the Lord <br />Of the River the deep, dark, full, and flowing River!<br /><br />Padraic Colum<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/otters/
