Why The Squirrel Stands Up Poem by Haruna Garba

From his ancestors,
the squirrel learnt the tricks:
to build a house with multiple backdoors;
a house with numerous entrances
and to stand up and pose equal

Hearing yond yakking youth
who are on to some spree,
the squirrel erects himself
to proclaim the competency in him

Seeing the disguised hunter bird-pecking,
advancing by small degrees,
the squirrel stands up
to proclaim the competency in him

Seeing the standstill guard-doll,
dressed and stationed beside booby traps,
the squirrel displays his height,
let the whole world notice his hidden gift

When the sniper will strike or the trap snap
He would know what might have hit him