they say
animals
hear it first
the low,
throaty
exhale of danger
tsunamis,
hurricanes
and the devil
you better
know
under your bed
There was a haunting beauty behind her eyes, beyond her sorrow, a beauty that found its way into one’s heart and led them home.
Ah, I they 'they' are right. Animals have an innate sense of danger, I think.
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under your bed..........like this finish, I agree with Mary, re-animals sense of danger.
I like your title! Would that our logic were as sound as the animals!
ReplyDeleteI know for sure that there are monsters under my bed.
ReplyDeleteI know my dog felt the earthquake before I did years ago...as for under my bed, there are dust devils there of humungous size!
ReplyDeleteI still check it w/ the grandchildren :)
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This is why so many wild creatures are in distress - whales, lions, elephants, wolves, bears......smaller creatures. They are already feeling what humans are too slow to recognize.
ReplyDeletenope no monsters in our house. But animals know danger before it happens. 115 minutes before an earthquake struck here, my cat began acting strange and the birds outside and all other creatures were silent - as if by their silence they could hide.
ReplyDelete...I haven't checked under the bed for years! If there is anybody there I am sure they are happy I don't disturb them.
ReplyDeleteSo, we are safer living with animals ... and developing our animal sense.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a perfectly crafted poem, brilliantly saying much in few words. I particularly love the second verse, of course.
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