The Lama
a poem by Ogden Nash

The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.*

*The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.

This (two-l) Llama is one of two kept as pets at a home near here. Those heavily-lidded eyes and that black marking visible around the lower half of the muzzle give it an expression at once sleepy and amused. They share a couple acres of pasture and a pond with a flock of Canada Geese and some other feathered visitors like the Great Blue Heron above.