Hello Mr. Duck Billed Platypus.
Excuse me... but, may we discuss how strange you are?
A creature from another land; your features so odd,
I can't understand where to classify
A beak, like a duck
A coat like a beaver, and a venomous spur on
your heel.
"Beware male suitors, she's mine!"
Would you believe that?
Webbed feet to wade water.
So, is there blubber under your beaver's coat
to keep you through the winter?
Your babies hatch from eggs...I should note!
Is there a noise you make?
I don't know.
The riverbanks are where you reside.
After dark is when you wake, catching water
Mollusks and frogs
I used to want to have you as a pet.
You could swim with me in my pool; but what to do
about your venom?
That spur on your heel..how would that feel to a human?
Ouch! I don't wanna know...never mind.
I don't know where to classify the beak of a duck, but
soft, and leathery.
That AND the beaver's coat!
Hello!
How odd! But, so you are.
All different things, like a patchwork quilt
sewn together.
One collage of a creature, with features quite odd.
I don't know where to classify how strange you are!
Ahhhh, now THAT I DO understand!
Perhaps that is my connection with this creature from another land.
CES (C). 2013
