A Baby What? Poem by Loyd C Taylor Sr

Now I was taken by surprise,
One day out of the blue,
When a friend said to me,
'Man, do I have news for you! '

'What news? 'I asked,
Starting to get concerned.
He said, 'It sounds unbelievable,
But, here's what I have learned!

I heard it on the radio,
Earlier this very morn;
This local gal had given birth,
And a special child was born.'

'So, what's the great news,
Bout a woman giving birth?
Shucks man, happens all the time
All over the planet earth.'

He said, 'The baby's part animal,
Amazing, but it's really true!
I swear man; it's not a lie,
This thing I'm telling to you! '

'Part animal! Are you sure?
C'mon, surely you do jest! '
But, I became a believer,
Once he shared with me the rest.

Smiling with a possum-like grin,
He revealed minute detail...
'The babe had a dear little face,
And a bare little tail.'

©Loyd C Taylor, SR., February 7,2008