Long Tailed Rats of the Wood

The winter was beautiful but for squirrels hard

Behind the snowy limbs and leafs a few

Just a few survived being the three in all the yard

And for yards for blocks around it was true

And she found him huddled in a nest in a tree

And she brought him bird seed another one had stashed

In a whole where a limb had broken and rotted free

And she brought him bird seed until in his warm nest they crashed

And they each took turns keeping a small male alive

But he was so weak from all the snow and cold

Instead of bright eyed and full of the energy to survive

His coat was ragged making him look old

But he survived and was the fittest of the two males;

Come next summer there are six for God's nature prevails.