Grateful For What I Got

A bacterium lives twelve hours

house fly only twenty-eight days

a bee buzzes round for six weeks

yet what shall this list say of me?

House mice pass after one year

a hamster lives well about two

Guinea pigs get four birthdays

but what length lifetime for me?

A squirrel hath nearly four anos

chickens lay eggs pushing eight

a kitty cat's average 'tis ten lives

but what about the goings of me?

A good dog plays twelve annum

Orangutans swing free forty-five

which brings me up to humanity

yet what 'tis the timeline for me?