Something Had Its Three Tails Raised

Something had its three tails raised came to us dancing, singing melodies; “These tails you see dangling on me, one is for you, one for the friends; and another for my forest homestead We all wondered and got perplexed kids screamed and ran to their mothers women covered their faces with rugs dogs did not have peace in their mouths as the thing with us danced and sang Young and old murmured with fear recalling myths of long times ago we appeased it with music and dance but our energies were futile and barren we believed it when it grabbed bananas Off to the forests deep and danger-filled the thing run faster than its ancestors with no courage to counter the flight we gave up and slept long that fateful night but in the morn even souls were missing