Tribe Animal No. 4
asleep
half the day
where
a tree says why,
awake
it asks what on earth
am
I going to do next?
where
is the alarm bell on my body clock?
how
snug is my cosy coat?
compact
as a football
and
just as well
falling
without warning from a great height
into
a mattress of grass,
the koala
Philip Harvey,
with assistance from Laila Chanzi and Bridie
Harvey
Fitzroy Community School, circa
2008
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