poetry by Charles Coleman Finlay
crocodile a pile o' rock
lions lying in the sun
giraffes half asleepbears barely moving
languor, too, the kangaroos
placid go flamingoeselephant so somnolent
gorillas pillars of snore and a
wolf in sleep's clothingzooness snoozes,
and why are the animals so tame?
because all the runningcrawling leaping screaming roaring
hopping flopping flying crying
children are wild