Today’s word is “truckle” ... truhk-uhl ... to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to) (dictionary.com)
Invisible
Stalking squirrels and birds,
Low in the grass he lays,
They’re in his territory,
Objects of his play.
They will not truckle to him,
They’re always ill at ease,
One eye on the feeder,
The other on the trees.
And most of them are faster,
Than the feline in the weeds,
Yet he goes on chasing them,
Running at top speed.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2018
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