Steve Brandenburg

GUARD DUTY

Walking guard, in the motor pool
Middle of winter, was awful cool
Kept hearing something, behind my back
Was dark and dreary, mighty scary

Take a few steps
Then scratch, scratch, scratch
Nothing behind me, so what “was” that!!
Go ahead on my nightly rounds

Figured the noise
Was close to the ground
Turned around,
“Nothing in sight”

Looked down, “man” what a delight
Sitting there, at my feet
Was the biggest
DAMN JACK RABBIT!!!
I’d ever seen