Houses

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(A continuation from this https://skonen-blades.dreamwidth.org/390413.html and this https://skonen-blades.dreamwidth.org/397882.html)

Zebras like the cheesy smell inside their cheesy home
Sometimes they leave their giant wheel of cheese to graze and roam

But they come back to leave their u-shaped hoofprints in the cheese
Because the smell of where they live is carried on the breeze

And predators with noses that can smell from far away
Just smell the cheese upon the breeze and carry on their way

You could say the zebras stay inside a nose mirage
A round and stinky house that’s made of nasal camouflage

They can’t sense it anymore. They’ve got used to the smell.
They don’t mind the stench of where they have to dwell

Because they’re safe from predators in there and can relax
And zebra don’t like cheese so they don’t eat the house for snacks

But over here a house of glass is very clear to see
With rich giraffes that like to see outside transparently


With lofty heads atop their lengthy, tall, extended necks
They lounge on all the balconies. They lounge on all the decks.

Their giant swoopy eyelashes blink slowly as they sigh
They sip their tea and nibble leaves and look out at the sky

They all wear silk pajamas, robes, and fancy necklaces
They know that where they live must be the safest place there is

Cause animals can’t see the glass that houses the giraffes
When predators bonk into it then every giraffe laughs

They have a throaty chuckle then go back to sipping tea
Happy and protected by a house that’s hard to see

They can see for miles through each tall, transparent wall
Those rich giraffes are all still there inside it standing tall.

Now over here, a floppy, tasty, house of pancakes waits
Flamingos live inside it with their cutlery and plates


Flamingos take turns cooking up the walls and ceilings here
By making different shapes of pancakes all throughout the year

It’s hard because the house is such a floppy one to build
Pink flamingo pancake architects are highly skilled

When they’re finished their turn building, then they stop to eat
They get a plate, a knife and fork, and find themselves a seat

And take a piece of wall or door or stair or windowsill
Then add syrup, butter, chocolate chips, and more until

They have a stack of pancakes that they just can’t wait to taste
Then they eat and clean their plates so no food goes to waste

Then after eating so much food they have a little nap
They lie on pancake beds with pancake blankets that they wrap

Around themselves like crepes until they sleep enough and wake
Then go back to the kitchen to cook up more house pancakes

Just down the lane from pancake house there one that’s made of cards
It’s built by snakes that keep it safe by also being guards


It’s hard to build a house of cards with only mouth and tail
When every gust of wind or breeze can cause the house to fail

So snakes of every size all have to work together to
Create a house that’s stable that they all can slither through

They have to keep the bigger animals all far away
Since heavy footsteps from large animals can make it sway

Snakes don’t ever step because they don’t have any feet
And they don’t have dirty shoes the floors are nice and neat

Winds collapse some floors and wings but then the snakes rebuild
And in between collapses they play cards. They’re highly skilled.

They like to play all kinds of games inside their card house place
And you have never seen a snake’s impressive poker face


There are lots of houses here all made of different things
Built by those with scales and tails and fur and snouts and wings

Many more than just the few described inside this book
I hope one day that you can go and maybe take a look

What would you build? What would you be? What’d you think you’d do?
If you could be an animal and build a house for you?







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