Otter astonishment

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#10 Otter astonishment
How whimsical the water dogs
Whose heads pop up like periscopes
Among the lily pads and logs
Who live in burrows on the slopes
Of sunny ponds- a funny bunch
Are they who float upon their backs
Who prop upon their bellies brunch
Late afternoon and midnight snacks

For they are truly waggish sorts
Propelled by their slap happy tails
And they communicate with snorts
With chortling coos and noisy wails
And when this quick aquatic group
Take to the pool- I am surprised
How they're like some amazing troupe
Of swimmers who are synchronized
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And knowing how in great demand
Is the sleek fur of the otter
How they're so clumsy when on land
And yet so graceful under water
They bring to mind those poets who
When in their element astound
They're charming, quick, and funny too-
But awkward clowns on common ground!

(* The last stanza of this poem
was inspired by Baudelaire's 'Albatross':

'The poet is like this monarch of the clouds
riding the storm above the marksman's range;
exiled on the ground, hooted and jeered,
he cannot walk because of his great wings')

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