.jpg)
Image:1 Peek-a-boo! fooled you!
(Picture Credit: Google images)
Black stripes on white
Or white stripes on black
The perennial question
often asked. You want a
visual answer or a scientifically
proven answer was the retort!
Gathered in a group you could
not even make out. Was it the head
or the rump looking your way
It was perfect harmony, an ogre
of black and white with blinking
eyes at certain points and moving
tails swishing slowly at other points.
Those were the only tell-tale signs.
They must have laughed at us.
You stupid humans! They must have
said that many times. Must you try to
unravel the discord?
Do not scatter us or you’ll be confused
Just be happy with the crossings across
the road. Our heritage to humanity!
Written for Poets United's Vice/versa #10 with antonyms gather/scatter and harmony/discord as prompts
You've overlooked pyjamas - another heritage.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a picture! Indeed animals must laugh at our antics sometime. And we consider ourselves the most intelligent creatures? LOL
ReplyDelete(I enjoyed your use of vice/versa words!)
Yes the cat laughs everyday, at stupid humans who come to play. I say black stripes on white, but who knows if I'm right.
ReplyDeleteThat really s quite the picture isn't it! I'm having a lot of trouble trying to sort out what is what...lol
ReplyDeleteLoved your playfulness in this. (We are such silly humans) Lol
Black stripes on white
ReplyDeleteOr white stripes on black
The perennial question...indeed!
Good write :)
Love the cleverness and fun in this. I think Zebras are beautiful. Nice, Hank :)
ReplyDeletei think many laugh at our antics at times...and we should laugh at our own....it is not always black and white, you know...smiles.
ReplyDeleteDAVE
ReplyDeleteThat's right and jailbirds too!
MARY
They are intelligent in their own way!
PAT
Either way one is right if one believes it's right
BREN
Yes, good pics from googles
AYALA
They are unique too!
MZ
I smile every time thinking how we've been had
POET LAUNDRY
Thanks
BRIAN
That's right and it makes life the more fun
Hank
I really enjoy how the same prompt results in amazingly different poems. Very clever. I often imagine what the animals must be saying about us. I liked how you used the vice/versa words.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling many different kinds of animals call us stupid. :)
ReplyDeleteThey just roll their eyes.
I've never seen a whole herd of zebra, but a few single ones here and there in Texas.
xoxo
So true!! We humans have a habit of trying to logically resolve everything rather than accepting something. :)
ReplyDeleteNice poem!
Hank, first, the image was quizzical and fun. Your thoughts about the makeup of the zebra, the front and back (Pushmipullyu?), and finally, what ALL animals think of us... especially when they are behind bars or in cages... or cats, of course! Great, fun write. Thanks, Amy
ReplyDeleteI love the humor in this......it made me smile.
ReplyDeleteSERENA
ReplyDeleteI wonder too. Most times they are angry
JANNIE
Yes, they must think we are!
LC
Very true! We feel provoked
AMY
Thanks Ma'am! I just thought zebras are mysterious
SHERRY
Thanks,a little spicing up,that's right!
Hank