Meercats

• Phoebe Saberton, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2012

The home I have,
Now caved in and gone,
Cold
Hungry
Wet
Don’t you see I live here,
Out in the African plains,
Hear me squeak and scratch the soil in search for food,
See me watch my prey as it circles above,
All of that now gone and replaced with a zoo.