A Pome a Day for a Year

How could you not love those little moss piglets,
those bears of water, 
who with tiny microscopic forms
seem like they’re living their best lives.

Floating about at distances unviewable,
loving the space between cells,
weensy little bitty bois.

What if you could have pet tardigrades?
Your own little kleinerwasserbars?

Only they were the size of cats, or horses.
Maybe horse size would be a bit scary.  

Is there even enough algae out there?

Would they be faster than a cheetah?
Speeding about in the Serengeti 
chasing hippos for that plant life!

I wonder if you could make them clothes
maybe a cool scarf or some socks,
they do have eight feet after all.

Do they want leg warmers or tennis socks,
you know? The small ones that
you wear when you wear shorts
and wanna show them gams.

What would be the best name for a
pet tardigrade? 
Spot like a cat, or Rover like a dog?

I think Barold, like a 14th century lord.