On Monday, it was too late for visitors to call
The squirrels were asleep in their squirrely homes
On Tuesday, I sat by the river, on a stone which said
Watch out for squirrels crossing
Like a warden looking for parkers in a no parking zone
On Wednesday, it snowed in April
Quite heavily.Squirrel no-show
Huddling over nuts or pork scratchings?
On Thursday I missed them by inches
‘You should have seen them!
You must have been looking in the wrong directions'
On Friday I watched them on Google:
‘Red Squirrels at Shap Wells Spa on the Blea Beck, Cumbria.
The colony is around 17 in number
Cared for by Shap Wells Hotel staff
And by countryside rangers.'
I should have tweeted the squirrels before I went
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem