Re:[Mpls] What is missing?

[Fredric H. Markus]

The beaver family that tried to dam the back channel down below Tile and Marble The muskrats that lived in the backwater between Boom Island and the high ground The woodchucks living under the garage that mowed down my neighbor’s green pea plants The burro (Sheba) that mowed down my neighbor’s sweet corn The domestic “guard” geese that chased cars The goat that ran away to Nicollet Mall The scolding wren protecting her nest by the main garden Huge cottonwoods, a lovely weeping willow, and several big elms taken out by a 100 mph straight-line wind   Maybe still around:   Pheasants crowing in the morning Rabbits in the brambles Raccoons passing through Brown rats munching on the grain spills along the tracks   Fred Markus Horn Terrace Ward Ten