Bad Hunter

A hare came up to my heels and stopped,

not two feet away, and sat there.

I told him he better watch out, so he left,

in no particular hurry.

I am fond of rabbits and fond of rabbit,

but not of killing, cleaning, disposing,

I am also aware of local laws

prohibiting blasting away by the house,

Not that I have any firearms—

a squirrel has been in to determine that,

gone through the place from top to bottom,

and back out to tell every thing in the woods.