Every cobblestone sparrow
watches for the terror
sparrow hawk.
Any self-respecting stable
mouse watches, expecting that
Terrorist cat.
A sun-lazing rockery lizard
is alert., for the terrorist
butcher bird.
Wet round the ears, a billabong frog
sits watchful for the terrorist
brown snake.
Even the rat takes
careful run, sniffing the night
for the terrorist owl.
On golf courses, kangaroos
rise up, watchful of the terrorists
wielding clubs.
In the desert, cunning dingoes
take wide berth, to guerrilla raid
our kind’s terrorgarten.
In the mountains, wild horses
watch out in terror
of a man.
It is only tame-dulled humans
who go into the airport
the pub, the school, the street
...not watching.
5 April 2006 © Wayne David Knoll
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