The first four avatars of Vishnu:  

a fish                                    
                                        a tortoise

a boar                                         

                                              a lion  

and now Vishnu has taken form
as a squirrel
in my front yard              
                
                                hanging          
                                upside-down  

on the Shepherd hook
beneath the squirrel baffle                

                                 kicking it hard                              
                                 with his hind leg  

knocking the birdfeeder
hanging above it                               

                                 shaking seed     
                                 to the ground  

where juvenile squirrels
(probably his/her/their kits)                              

                                  feast                            j
                                  joyous  

knowing the one true God has a bushy tail