The Excluded Animals
Only a certain
claque of beasts
is part of the
creche racket
forming a
steamy-breathed
semicircle
around the
baby basket.
Anything more
exotic than
a camel
is out of luck
this season.
Not that the
excluded animals envy
the long-lashed
sycophants;
cormorants
don't toady,
nor do toads
adore anybody
for any reason.
Nor do the
unchosen alligators,
grinning their
three-foot grin
as they laze
in the blankety waters
like the blankets on Him.
--Kay Ryan
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