Out There On The Paddock

Out there on the paddock in the pale moonlight A dog fox is barking in the calm of the night There is no mistaking the wild and shrill cry Of the cunning and opportunistic hunter under a Winter sky Despite persecution from humans foxes as a species survive And even in suburban and urban surroundings they are known to thrive The creatures that are not often seen out by day Adapt well to any surroundings it does seem this way To foxes for their survival instincts great credit is due That they are Nature's survivors happens to be true Though shot at and poisoned their numbers on the increase It does seem that human developers have given them a new life lease Out there on the paddock barking in the moonlight A creature that most people with a gun would shoot on sight.