Saturday 18 October 2014

An Unwelcome Guest



I was awoken
By a blood curdling scream
On one winter’s night

I sat up in bed
Was my wife having a dream?
I gently touched her

“Ssh” she spoke at last
“There’s somebody in the house
Didn’t you hear them?”

“I will go and check”
I tell her quite undaunted
She still clung to me

She felt so loving
I really should have stayed there
But got up instead

There in the kitchen
A found a happy possum
Eating leftovers

I had a problem
Just how could I get rid of
This unwelcome guest? 

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7 comments:

  1. oops! we face such problems with rats.............

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  2. Well, if you lived in America the answer would be simple. You open the kitchen drawer, take out your Glock 9mm pistol, and after checking that your 6 year old son had not used up the live ammunition you had left in the magazine - you blast the animal into oblivion.

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    1. Sorry Altonian possums are a protected species in Australia, much like bears in Finland. They have a skill at entering roof spaces and are not easily put off.

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  3. A big broom! It's kind of cute though

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  4. It looks very different from the type we have here in the States. It's helpful to have a young and healthy cat in the house. Her presence discourages unwelcome guests.

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  5. Oh mercy, what to do if it just stares, continues eating undaunted – would it hiss if one came at it with a broom – or worse, attack, killer rabbit style – Glock or broom, what to do!

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