Sylvester

This one's a bit nonsensical, and it came to me last night when I should have been studying for finals...

Sylvester the Salamander

K.K. Spence

Sylvester the Salamander slipped below

The silky surface of the sylvan stream

Unfortunately unaware of the undertow

He uttered an unheard, unfinished scream

And was sucked under the ultramarine

Sylvester’s sisters sought their sibling

Scouring the stream’s surrounding slope

In terror their talk turned to quibbling

Till from a treetop one touted true hope

A sighting of a tail of taupe

Sylvester’s sharp sense for scheming

A skill which set his sisters to sigh and frown

Led him to leave lashing and gleaming

His lithe latter end as he was lured down

A stroke of luck for the little clown

Sylvia, the sister who signaled the sight

Scurried straight to the slope, so steep

Dauntless and determined she drove away her fright

And in she dove with a daring leap

And up again with Sylvester, saved from the deep