Sunday, 2 July 2023

CACAPHONIC ORCHESTRA

CACAPHONIC ORCHESTRA

A hot and
Humid
Eve
It was
When the power
Was out...

With the
Door to
The back
Garden
Open
I sat
Nursing
A cool
Cup of
Drink!

I read
By the slow
Fading 
Light...
I wasn't looking
Forward 
To night...

The clouds
Ran after 
Each other...
White fluffy
Against
The darkening
Sky!

I got up
Off the step
Where I sat
And lit
The gas light...

Holly!
For a moment
It was
Bright!

Then, sitting
By it
I once more
Began to 
Sip...

It was dark
Now
And the
Orchestra had
Started to
Play!

Crickets, buzzflies
And mosquitoes 
A chaotic
Melody...

Soon I yawned
Stretched
And my eyes
Closed...

To the 
Sopranos
And 
Altos of nature
I added
My baritone
Snore!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES 

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