What Was That?

Blink your eye and you 
wonder, 'What was that?'.
'That' was a tiny spark of
red fur wearing a gloriously
lush tail, an enigmatic,
energetic imp moving faster
than the speed of an eye-blink.
An acrobat of exemplary skill,
he is also the master of all
he surveys from his imperious
height. None of the other
squirrels are as scrappily
endowed with self-assurance
and it is his task to forever
remind them as they skittishly
skirt his immediate presence,
monopolizing the seeds and
nuts set out for the birds. Oh,
indeed, for the squirrels of
colour, the neighbourhood hares,
and foremost that small red
perpetual-motion machine
whom nature endowed with
dignity, grace and command.