there are more pressing tasks than trying to settle old squirrels
for Ratatoskr is neither young nor old but timeless
and not to be settled from his frantic frenetic fevered search
for nutmeat to cherish ingest enjoy
and gossip to gather bear deliver
between the raptors in Yggdrasil's canopy
and the dragon that nibbles at the great tree's Nine Worlds roots
no, let us not delay the work of this near-divine rodent
rather, let us encourage the digging and chattering and scurrying
along the whorls and burls of the bark and branches
hoping that he will drop a tidbit for us
a relic from one of the other worlds
a glimpse of things we may feel but not necessarily know
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