Creature of the Swamp

A monster, however hard it tries,
Will always be wretched.
A monster is uncomfortable. a monster is pitiable,
a monster is pathetic, however.

How happy is the legged animal!
Are you upset by how leglike it is?
Does it tear you apart to see the animal so legless?

A fauna, however hard it tries,
Will always be cunning.
Are you upset by how adroit it is?
Does it tear you apart to see the fauna so tricksy?

One afternoon I said to myself,
“Why isn’t the puppet more small?”
Keck. keck, keck.

A tool, however hard it tries,
Will always be unique.
Now incomparable is just the thing,
To get me wondering if the tool is unequaled.

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