The raccoon appears when
a drunken man least expects her:
mangy coat, rat teeth and mask,
rummaging the memorabilia
he’s stored on his back porch
Rattling the kitchen window,
unable to scare her away, he shouts,
“Terri, why do you pester me so?
You never let me have you
back in the old days and now
you come scratching around
later in life when a man
just wants a little peace”
The raccoon pretends not to hear
Must be something in his past
she still wants to steal