Once Bitten ..... !!!

It's difficult not to fall in love
with the land of Aus - even
when one of its cutest national institutions
has a go at your big toe. On close up
its snout is the spitting image
of the said anatomical extremity.
Did this cuddly half blind creature

see it as a threat when it confronted my foot

head-on, in spotlight of Martin's torch ?
Or maybe it just overheard my cheeky comment,
" There goes a lovely pair of possum socks ! "

No sooner said when it clamped its needle-sharp teeth

into the nail, claiming a shard,

before scampering

into the chattering,

velvet-black night.

No worries, mate.