Animals Posing For Pictures.

Animals Posing For Pictures

The snow bird posed for my camera

One foggy Christmas Eve,

And my children were not living with me

Anymore.  It was snowy white and had

Speckled eyes, and I looked at it and it

Looked back at me in wonderment,

As if it had not seen my kind before.

Then there was the reindeer was licking

The sidewalk for salt, and I took a picture

Of him, too, with my smartphone camera.

My brother had taught me how to use it three

Years ago, and now I am a pro, posting selfies

Of myself every damn chance I get.

I suppose I think animals would like to take

Selfies of themselves, too, if they had hands.

The reindeer reminded me of Bambi,

And I hoped he had somewhere nice and warm

To go to.  I hope he was getting enough food to

Eat.

I went inside to get some nuts, and when I came

Back out, both the animals were gone.

But I have the pictures to remember them by and

That is saying enough for now.

So tomorrow I will post them on facebook and hope

I will get a few likes, even though I do not care

About likes at all.  It’s just something to remember

The animals by.