When a fam'ly of five lives
out on a farm
You'd expect that they'd have
tales to tell
Of spiders and snakes, coyotes
and deer,
And critters both furry and
fell.
We've told you stories of cats
and the dog
And how snakes by the mailbox do
dwell
How Rosie will bark at cows in
the yard
And asks burglars to sit for a
spell.
On bright sunny days our home
schooling stops
Then out on the meadow we
walk.
Raccoon tracks and deer spoor
we recognize,
Of flowers and grasses we
talk.
But on dark nights, whether
cloudy or clear,
When we shut our eyelids
tightly
Excitement starts at Concharty
Creek Farm:
O’Possum Olympics - held
nightly.
The events in this nocturnal
contest
Include punting, and running and
more.
Our favorite sport is the
possum shot put.
Daddy Dwayne holds the high
score.
His blood pressure's up,
adrenaline's high
A flashlight he holds in his
hand:
"Where is that foul beast
- disturber of sleep!
That possum's a plague on my
land!"
The light shines along the edge
of the house
Searching for those small beady
eyes.
Rosie assists with charging
and barking
Until the o'possum he spies.
Removal begins with a good
swift kick.
He darts away! The air is
tense.
Dwayne chases the possum all
'round the yard,
Then the possum makes for the fence.
He's trapped at the fence ~ no
way to get through.
There's Rosie to bark in his
face.
Now he must do, what all possums
must do,
And he does it with style and
grace.
Mister O'Possum pretends he is
dead;
He
just lies there and does not budge.
What happens next is not PETA
approved --
Dwayne gives mister possum a
nudge.
Grabbing the long, hairless tail
of his foe
Dwayne lifts the gray fiend from
the ground.
Rosie leaps high to look in its
eye,
Before Dwayne begins to spin
'round.
Rosie runs rings and she tracks
his orbit
As Mister O'Possum gains speed.
He flies through the air like a
great, gray bird
And Dwayne is content with the
deed.
Next morning we rise, still sleep
deprived,
And we stick our heads out the
door.
The shot-putted marsupial is gone
~ moved on,
But tonight he'll be back for
more.