Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Quokka

I'm a quokka, known for my smile.

A small marsupial I be

On west Australia's Rottnest Isle

Where you can come and visit me.

But come and visit me at night.

Being nocturnal, I sleep days,

And do so keeping out of sight,

Under large plants with prickly ways.

At night look for me eating lunch,

Grasses and leaves my fav'rite chows.

I stay busy eating a bunch,

And then I chew my cud like cows.

Humans find me simply too cute,

A fact that I will not dispute.