To a Squirrel at Kyle-na-no

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I thought this was too cute for school:

"Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the shaking tree
As though I'd a gun
To strike you dead?
When all i would do
Is to scratch your head
And let you go."

It's by W.B. Yeats.

I've always struggled with the perfect thing to say to squirrels when they run from me :(. Now i have something!