DEEP IN THE FOREST...

DEEP IN THE FOREST WHERE CREATURES ROAM,

PROTECTED BY TREES AND THEIR CANOPY'S DOME,

IN MOONLIGHT THEY GATHER IN A CLEARING

AWAY FROM HUMANS AND OUT OF HEARING.

AND NOW THEY MAKE MUSIC, THEY CHIRP AND STOMP

WITH RUFFLED FEATHERS, IN COLOURFUL POMP,

ON TWO, FOUR AND MORE LEGS THEY SWAY IN RHYTHM,

WITH EYES HALF CLOSED IN MYSTICISM.

THE BEAT NOW SWELLS AND MELODY

PERVADES THE GROUND AND UP THE TREE

WHERE EVEN INSECTS UNDER BARK,

WITH LITTLE LEGS, DANCE IN THE DARK.

THE MOON IS SHINING DOWN SO BRIGHT;

EVERYTHING MOVES, SWAYS WITH DELIGHT,

WITH ALL THEIR WHISTLES, GRUNTS AND HONK,

IN RAPTURE THEY GO STOMP, STOMP, STOMP!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com 

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