<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367512" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sentry Duty</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mighty meerkat made his stand, <br>No matter, come what may, <br>As if to say, 'Talk to the hand! <br>You'd best be on your way! '<br>With no regard for his own life, <br>He boldly stood his ground, <br>Against each foe who would arrive<br>He gives his warning sound! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On sentry duty, so to speak, <br>His eyes looked everywhere, <br>His ears alert to every creak<br>That crossed the very air...<br>His whiskers twitching now and then, <br>His every nerve on edge...<br>His instincts tuned beyond our ken<br>As he stood on that ledge...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mighty meerkat! What a guy! <br>One of the chosen few! <br>Both feeling good and feeling spry! <br>A hero through and through! <br>Content to do his very best! <br>Content to bide his time...<br>He's there to see his friends stay blessed...<br>He's utterly sublime...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, June 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Sentry Duty'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367512" data-title="Sentry Duty de Denis Martindale" data-description="The mighty meerkat made his stand, No matter, come what may, As if to say, 'Talk to the hand! You'd best be on your way! ' With no regard for his own life, He boldly stood his ground, Against each foe who would arrive He gives his warning sou..."></div> </div> </div>

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