Matiu/Somes Island, Wellington

Keep your distance you’re new here rough-edged and arrogant One step closer and you won’t see me you won’t see me anywhere Always lie low, I say I’ve learnt a thing or two over 200 million years Take away your ‘ecologically appropriate quarters’ this drainpipe will do And quit drooling over me I pounce on skinks and wetas eat my own kind If a female won’t dance I bite her neck and then I take her Still, I’m glad of a bit of company. Keep our numbers up and keep yours down Not that I’m worried I’ve outlived the dinosaur I may outlive you How many years did you say you’d been here?