is a mass hysteria
induced by the sound
of Indies short-tailed crickets mating,
not, as conspiracy would have it,
the result of a sonic weapon,
a microwave attack,
or malfunctioning eavesdropping equipment.
Likewise, the Sausalito Hum
was not a snooping Russian sub,
or newly laid electric cable.
No, blame the love sick plainfin midshipman,
a simple toadfish sounding off like a foghorn.
Pay no attention to the banshee cry of the lynx,
or to the brush-tail possum sounding off like machinery grinding,
not to puffins like chainsaws,
not to cheetahs chirping,
not to koalas bellowing,
not to ptarmigans chatting like cartoon characters.
Stories of spying and international espionage might be exciting,
but Mother Nature is much more surprising!
Inspired by "Animals Keep Creating Mysteries by Sounding Weird", Ed Yong, The Atlantic, January 8, 2019.
Categories:
toadfish, nature,
Form: Narrative
I spied a creature in my yard that was toadily cute.
I thought to write about this one, would so toadily suite.
A beautiful day followed in this toadmented pursuit.
This is a toadament to all toadtalaterians that I ramble on toadsweet.
And I toad the line all day long, as I giggled often along the way.
This is toadily awesome became my song for the day.
Isn’t it toadily amazing, how many things there are to say!
When my hubby read it all, he agreed in a toadmented way.
Inspiration about a little toad is fun as fun can be, hooray!
Still, he did toad me to be careful to toad the line.
Things still got topsy-toadly somewhere in the design.
But in the toadtality of things it was toadily OK.
Then I began to play toadily-winks with a dictionary. Yes! All mine!
Suddenly a toadal wave of words came flowing endlessly down the line.
And the dictionary showed a toadfish… well, what was I to do?
I can truthfully say toadday is unique and toadnight will be too.
But as things quietly tip-toad to an end for this czar of toadliness…
I’ll simply say I toad you so and in the toadtality of it all… God Bless!
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Categories:
toadfish, funny, happiness, imagination, day,
Form: Free verse