Fleas in the carpet.

Cats on the floor.

Ants in the bathroom.

Dogs at the door.

 

Snakes in the garden.

Bees in the air.

Birds in the branches.

Raccoon in its lair.

 

Carp in the fish pond.

Frogs in the grass.

Spiders in the undergrowth.

Worms on the path.

 

Beetles a scurrying.

Centipedes in step.

Humming Birds a whirring.

Swallows, wings back swept.

 

Flowers are a blooming.

Weeds grow a pace.

Clematis is a climbing.

Sunflower turns its face.

 

Dad is a digging.

Mum wields a hoe.

Sister rakes a flowerbed.

Brother sprays a hose.

 

David Garlick, Victoria, August, 1988