Wombat

In 2008 I wrote 11-line riddles on the tribes at Fitzroy Community School: dingo, echidna, kangaroo, koala, platypus. Reading these aloud at Poetry Meeting this year I was told there is now Wombats. Okay, wombats. Here is the result: emerges from round hole to round whole/ a waddle a lurch a buffet/ gentle giant on four paws/ breakfasts on moonlit tussocks/ shapeless shape of hairy cloud/ stubborn bundle it avoids the crowd/ yet warms to its own kind one on one/ oh on what slopes come snow/ or shine it will incline to/ bumble rumble tumble humble home/ the wombat