Hour Ten: A Hungry Fox<\/b><\/p>\n
Tonight I had to duck an empty tin can pitched at my head. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard all names they call me: Well, sure, I\u2019m sneaky. Look, I\u2019m just hungry. Your trash cans abound with bits of meat, Oh, and did you know because of all that grub So, honestly, I\u2019m doing you a favor, And most of all, I\u2019m not foxy. I\u2019m hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPersonify an animal. Switch its trait. Example: a disinterested lion, a polite gorilla, an aggressive giraffe\u2026\u201d \u2013 Contributed by John Dutton<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hour Ten: A Hungry Fox Tonight I had to duck an empty tin can pitched at my head. Can you imagine having someone throw things at you while you tried to get some dinner? I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard all names they call me: tricky, sneaky,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2958,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,13,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-marathon-poem","category-miscellaneous","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114545,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114486\/revisions\/114545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>Can you imagine having someone throw things at you
\n<\/span>while you tried to get some dinner?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>tricky, sneaky, cunning \u2026
\n<\/span>\u201cSly like a fox.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Because I HAVE TO BE!
\n<\/span>Would you announce yourself knowing a tin can will be thrown at you?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>I prowl around your neighborhood
\n<\/span>because it is surrounded by food!<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>uneaten fruit, leftover pie.
\n<\/span>and there are veggies growing right next to your house!<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>your place is surrounded at night
\n<\/span>by plump little rodents and garden-nibbling rabbits?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>tidying up the place,
\n<\/span>maintaining a balance.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>trying to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n