The Chipmunk

                    

My friends all know that I am shy,
But the chipmunk is twice as shy as I.                              
He moves with flickering indecision
Like stripes across the television.
He's like the shadow of a cloud,
Or Emily Dickinson read aloud. 

~ Ogden Nash

for laughs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMaOWO-fI6k