Raccoon in the Attic

I was somewhat in a panic.There's a raccoon in my attic.

Tappity-tap-tap, nails on floor boards, something abhorred.

Hav-A-Heart trap in the attic too, unused, not once abused.

Raccoons in younger years I thought so cute and adored.

I sit here now, listening, hearing pitter-patter, not a bit frantic.

Just idly thinking to bait the trap, now calm, away goes panic.

Maybe tomorrow I will deal with the critter. Today lazy, bored.

Of procrastination I am guilty, found so as myself I accused.