Almost contemptible,
if not so
preposterous—how that
gray squirrel (rival
mammal) wire
tail thrumming,
turning dizzy figure
eight
patterns in the park—routinely makes me
feel so green-
eyed in-
sufficient!
not for
working so much
less hard that he does
for liberties—like
work breaks,
monster lunches;
for not
more often capitalizing
on such
easy and abundant day-to-
day opportunities—to abuse
more legal stimulants.