Praise your strong back, nearly broken with babies perched atop your spine, aligned like children on a school bus, their claws claiming every part of you. For weeks and weeks, you are nothing but mother. Praise the day they finally leave, in search of taller trees or more generous dumpster...
Quick note: Apparently, the opossum with an ‘o’ is the North American animal.Possumwithout the “o” refers to an animal in Australia. But, American southerners often shorten “opossum” to “possum”. The name opossum is from an Algonquin Indian language which means, ‘white-faced’. Th...