Mouse Song
(for Megan)
by Akua Lezli Hope
Science uncovers what only hearts knew
music in what we can not hear
all life speaks
each to other
beckons, calls, tells, cajoles
perhaps better than we
glistenings seen through ahhh
We discover that birds learn
pass tunes on, even invent
variations on inherited themes
Whales sing and conversate
as do dolphins and elephants
below our range, rumbling discourse
all these riffs transpierce us
That wee guy mouse
stretches in plastic box
trilling over the edge to unseen
scented female, hey hey hey sweetie
way above human hearing
his song.
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