Humans on Edge Animals fail to Gauge
By Aju Mukhopadhyay
Let us now forget the issue treacherous
Of the birth, growth and spread of Corona Virus
Let us look at its effect on humans; their actions and reactions
In fear they have caved in shunning all adda, functions and meetings
Deserted their villages, towns and cities; their so long held foreground;
Denizens of the forest have come out and are moving in human habitats round
Bleating, chattering, squeaking, yelping, braying, wailing and making unheard sound
Rightly they remember that the humans often visited them at their home town
Captivated or killed them for fun or flesh; destroyed their habitats at random
Whereas humans destroyed Nature they live in cement-concrete forest;
Moving, running, peeping and peering through manmade jungle
They smell ego-centric intellect, fear, treachery and cruelty;
Birds chirp, shriek, chatter, screech, hoot and greet
animals joke and laugh at human frailty.
@ Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2020