Every day, every hour, every
moment
the biophonic orchestra of life
Retreats
Symphony loses its players
in great rapidity
some vacate, some exit, some
ponder
Songbird lower the flute
Crickets die out too early for
choir
Elephant trumpet misses the cue
Frogs drop their brass call
Stag beetle bongo drums out of
tune
Gorilla beat is now a plea
Walrus trombone a lament
Spix macaw exit
so does the Western Black Rhinoceros
and Golden Toad
and Pinta giant Tortoise…
others are queueing in a hurry
Cacophony of anthropophonic invade
the liminal space
Amputated forest, uprooted trees
Unanswered bereft palindrome of
wild calls
My eyes disappear into flowing river
I search for lost Hoopoe’s fanfare
In my childhood memory
