The Coot; The Bandicoot + 

I do not wish to at‑tri‑bute + 

Importance to the common Coot, + 

Or mud-hen, whom most persons scorn, + 

Because she chanced to be “Earth-born.” + 

The small Australian Bandicoots + 

Are said to spring from Kanga‑roots, + 

Which roots, as you of course foresee, + 

Are those of their ancestral tree, + 

The motto of which vegetable + 

Is just “O possum” (I am able). + 