Snail House Literary

January 2026

The Menagerie

By Fern H.

Oodles of poodles and vats of cats

And barrels of carolling parrots

Boxes of foxes and bales of whales

And a business of parading ferrets

A bag of pie-eating magpies

And a town square of pear-eating bears

A herd of dough-eating buffalo

And a bushel of hay-eating mares

A colony of ice mice

And the snail-mail walk

The prickle of porcupine picklers

And the competitive raven-mail flock