FROM A TOURIST
 
I wonder--Sir--
Do you have many friends?
How do you greet a visitor?
Should you shake my hand--
Would I not be offended? 
I can't perceive you to be
Altogether wicked--
It's just that
You appear this way
With all your pointy ends. 
Well, it's clear--
We cannot sit and chat
But, a thought just now--Sir--
You could be kind
And present to me
A quill for my souvenir-- 
You Poor Porcupine! 
written 1980 & 1985
Copyright©2002 Marie L Sellers 
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