A raccoon forced from a chimney makes a "hullabaloo". |
A RACCOON IS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE A raccoon is nothing but trouble; I know this to be so very true. 'Cause I helped to clean all the rubble From a loud raccoon hullabaloo. It started with the strange chimney noise, A skitter, a chuffle, snuffles, thumps. My dogs were whining, the silly boys, With their fur stuck straight up on their rumps. Mom called in some men with nets and sticks, Who shone a bright light up the chimney. They gasped, they swore, "Frickety-frack-fricks!" I knew it was an emergency. I was told to just sit in my chair, So began the afternoon ruckus. Poking, shouting, "You, get out of there!" 'Til a black raccoon-soot cloud struck us. There was coughing, wild barking, stumbling. Fur and dust blurring, swirling, spreading. Wild swipes with long nets, mumbling, fumbling. Feathers and stuffing, books, plants, shredding. 'Twas four people, two dogs, against one, The intruder was prepared to fight, In a small house with nowhere to run. All of us huffing, a crowded sight. There was coughing, wild barking, stumbling, But I found the front door, gave a tug; Large waves with long nets, mumbling, fumbling, The raccoon scooted out on a rug. I was told to just sit in my chair; I was glad to, I could only wheeze. Mom wailed and pulled at her messy hair, Soot, fur, feathers floated on the breeze. A raccoon is nothing but trouble; I know this to be so very true. 'Cause I helped to clean all the rubble From a loud raccoon hullabaloo. 36 Lines, 261 words |