Animals with Long Ears
Animals with long ears
Can hear every little sound:
A butterfly on tiptoe
Snow settling on the ground
A rose blinking in the sunlight
The last breath of a bee
The heartbeat of an egg
Leaves taking leave of the tree
The shimmy of a golden carp
The hiatus of a hawk
The wriggle of a baited worm
The bobbing of a cork
The echo in a coral reef
The moon urging the tide
A cloud changing shape
They listen, open-eyed.
Animals with long ears
Hear such sounds every day
And try to recapture
In a melodious way
So isn’t it sad to say
That being tone-deaf their chorus
Is an ear-crunching BRAY.
