Matthew Praxmarer

Advice for Squirrels

Do not dive haphazard

Through life, unknowing

To what branch your aim

Is to jump. Instead first see

The acorn hanging supercilious

Yet dainty---take it:

Make Great Leaps!

 
Yet despite lofty prize

And sure footing,

Be ready dear friend

For midair twists

And turns
 

It is not always easy:

The very next tree.

Writer and novelist Matthew Praxmarer, graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, is a Continuing Lecturer of English Composition and Creative Writing at Purdue University Northwest where he maintains a steady output of radicals who learn to question the status quo and avoid the “naked this” and other promiscuous pronoun usage.