Photography © Edward S. Gault

 

My Zoo Visit

At the zoo,
I start with the main attractions –
the big cats, the rhinos,
the elephants and giraffes.

Then I spend some time
with the hoof stock –
antelopes, camels, llamas
and bison.

Following that,
it’s on to the smaller mammals –
otters, sloth, beavers,
ant-eaters and rodents of various sizes.

From there it’s to the aviaries –
from birds of prey to the tiniest songbirds.

Reptiles come next –
snakes of course,.
and lizards,
and especially the fearsome members
of the order Crocodilia.

Finally, .
I spend time with the insects –
crickets and spiders,
roaches and lastly ants.

There’s something appealing
about creatures I’ve stepped on.

 

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident who, aside from plugging his latest book Between Two Fires on Amazon, collects old issues of Mad Magazine and, earlier in life, once played music in public and passed the hat around, in that order.

Edward S. Gault is a poet and fine arts photographer living in Brighton, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in Oddball Magazine, Spectrum, Wilderness House Literary Review, Interlude, Currents, and Encore.