Possum: Caught in the Act

^{Upon discovering a very young, small possum raiding the cat’s food}

I am small I am fierce I will bite
if you poke at me
again!

I will gnash hiss snarl bite
if you bother me,
you Big!

Snap hiss See my teeth?  See my teeth?!
keep back or I’ll
bite! bite! 

And turn off that bloody light!
I’m a Creature of
the Night!
Small, and fierce and
I
will
bite!

_{co 1985 by CL Redding}