It Is Not a Fall

It is not a fall, A python sloughs its old skin and wears new look; It is never a fall, A snail finds splinter in its shell and changes its house; Not a fall, Wing-locust sheds its wing and becomes a queen; A fall? A child loses her cheese cutter for permanent ivory, No, not a fall. Great pheonix went to the nest to refeather, They thought the immortal bird had fallen; No,the golden bird lives,bristling up its new mane, At the biggest internode of Araba tree; The ageless bird crows, at the tallest branch of Iroko tree. The lioness sleeps in the forest, The flies of forest think the queen has fallen , And begin to mill around the sleeping giant buttock; With what? With what shall the tamer of forest chase them away? With tail! With tail the tamer of forest shall chase them away, With tail. The lioness sleeps in the forest And the ants of the forest begin to mill around her ears; With what? With what shall her majesty chase them away? With wave! With wave shall her majesty chase them away, With wave. The lioness sleeps in forest And the flies of forest begin to mill around her nose; With what? With what shall her highness seize them? With tongue! With tongue shall her highness seize them, With tongue. FOR LINDA AND SKAT 1ST DEC,2014