Monday, December 29, 2025

A Fox in the Henhouse

Someone must have left the latch

Unhinged and open overnight

For the late-night hunter, nocturne villain

Hiding in the faded light.

 

The crickets cry, the bullfrog sings,

The night owl questions, "Who is there?"

But not a sound the stealth night raider

Makes as he roams far and near.

 

Could I have faltered so unwary?

So assured? So confident?

Must I now pay for caution's flaws?

The answer is self-evident.

 

The fox will raid but to survive,

And he will journey far and wide

To find the point of least resistance

In the shadows where he hides.

 


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