Margaux of North Port

Not too far from old Key Largo

lives a stalwart Cairn named Margaux.

Like her hero, General Sherman,

she knows her job is chasing vermin:

she would give up her favorite pillow

just to catch an armadillo,

and often spends her afternoons

on guard against the local goons.

We’ve tried to offer recreation,

but she replies, sans hesitation,

“There is no way I can have fun

when I know the job’s not done!”

We’re sure the Scots are true die-hards

(it’s all recorded by their bards),

but still we send out this alert

as she goes on with all her work,

“Your tribe would never call you traitor

for passing on an alligator!”