Mongoose Philosophy

The ferreting eyes Tiny bulbs of duality Moon and sun in the shrubbed darkness Dogs frenzied, the cries Of sudden solidarity And the lane broken out into madness The small village shudders With glee, the found frailty Of pingwing patches permitting invasion Through porous borders Confronts mortality Man and mongoose devoid of conversation. Little furry creatures Sudden sites of calm fear Making cunning moves for survival, fast Beyond human pleasures Hunting it in its lair Where death its wanton shadow often cast.