Hedgehog
moves softly
ruffles no one
wears a forest of speared insects
for a coat
Crow
feeds on the carrion of beasts
bigger than him
he'll do better
in the afterlife
than most monks
Marten
master scavenger
who'd find food under a roof tile
whose furry ass
somehow
never gets stuck in a drainpipe
Pitbull
sniffer of a woman's bloody crotch
after he takes a noseful
lays at her feet
& pays homage
Chicken
long dead
bloated on a heap of straw
push down on it some time
& hear it pass wind
from the grave
Cat
soft-footed killer
gone for a week
greets his host with
a butcher's plate of mice
on the rug