In Jungles Animals Are Said

In Jungles Animals Are Said

In jungles animals are said

To prey upon each other so

They follow with a furtive tread

On paths the weaker have to go.

And being that they follow on

The trails of others, to be fed,

As after any prey they’ve gone

Instinctively they look ahead.

Meanwhile an animal pursued

Has got eyes upon either side

Because they have the attitude:

Dangers must be identified.

Whenever they are on the trail

Some predator must be behind

Which probably is on their tail

Whose intention is them to find.

Meanwhile the situation’s such

(For predators as well as prey)

They all’ve got to stay in touch,

As it comes out or runs away.

Be glad you’re not some animal

Who in the jungle moves about,

Where no one ever may be still,

To find or else to be found out.

The query all in common pose

For one another always is,

Wherever any creature goes:

Is he my meal or am I his?

Maybe it’s why by day they rest,

As by night they are always out

In one another’s constant quest;

That’s what the jungle is about.