A skunk explored the garden yesterday
at 10 a.m. – a little late to show.
Twelve hours later raccoons raced their way
across my roof. They thumped and scurried so,
I nearly yelled through skylights – “time to go!”
I found a moving bug inside the stone
that split within my peach. I rose to throw
it out. An owl crooned a tender tone.

(Huitain)