Fractured Nursery Rhyme

 Acrobat

(play on Twinkle, Twinkle)

Flicker, flicker,
    Little bat,
'Gainst the moon
    In silhouette.
Riding currents 
    Of the night
On your insectorial
    Flight. 

Homing in
    Upon your prey;
Hunt by dark
    And sleep by day.
Hang suspended
    From your bower--
Sipping nectar 
    At a flower. 

Shy, retiring
    Little beast,
Welcome to your
    Midnight feast.
Shun the owl,
    'Ware the cat.
Flicker, flicker,
    Little bat. 

--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler