Poem – The Biased Squirrel – Trumbull Satellite

By Maya McDaniel

The Biased Squirrel

Screaming as you chuck a piece of bark

Only from your perspective can you see me.

Threatening above all else, a monster perhaps?

Everything about me is different from you.

But I wish you no harm

For if I did…

How easy it would be to inflict,

But this is not who I entice myself to be.

No matter how you perceive me,

I will never do you harm

Because it is not about what you deserve

But what I believe

So scream, dig up my plants, and chuck bark at our dog ALL YOU WANT I know you do these things out of fear and ignorance after all

How pitiful, and how tempting sometimes to let go of the leash

But I will not, because then you’d be right

I will cling to the leash, and control the chubby little beast

So that we can part ways

And I will be at peace

Knowing you are already becoming obsolete