The Dark No One Sees

                                         

                      A dog's wagging tail betrays his vicious bark,
                      A bird attunes her matins whilst her aphonic mate sits in silence,
                      A lizard warms the day while tonguing an extinct insect,
                      Ants laboriously gather food they'll never feast upon,
                      Drone bees search for nectar whilst the queen is raptured,
                      A cat sleeps from sinning,
                      Goldfish circle the world in a wee glass globe,
                      Mice scavenge crumbs from a blind miser's hands,
                      An elephant blares his trumpet knowing there's no other equal. 

                                  - John Hardesty