Say sensible things

When animals talk
to themselves they say

only sensible things:
the noun of threat

or safety the noun
of wind of sun of rain of

snow of shelter and
rest and warmth and

many good verbs: eat
drink fly swim run also

 play the verbs purr and sing
call and thrum and few

but crucial adverbs:
quickly quietly

here and now and the one
essential adjective of

their common holy
tongue: alive.

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8 comments

  1. I bet raccoons use adjectives.

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    1. You know they do. And double entendres.

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  2. A few years ago my wife and I were hiking and passed through a huge flock of little Pine Siskins, all chirping away like mad in the nearby underbrush. It was a beautiful day and I’m sure they were all exclaiming, “Happy!” 🙂

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    1. Definitely part of the animal lexicon!

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  3. Sue McMillin · · Reply

    Lovely, Cate.

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    1. Thank you, Sue! Good to hear from you.

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  4. Cate, that’s beautiful! (Along with provocative … might we humans fare better with one another if we were more explicit, constrained to zero exaggerations?)

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    1. Thanks, Jazz! We humans could definitely benefit from more inward engagement with elementals, with essentials, with the knowledge of our bodies, over the kinds of abstractions and ruminations that often preoccupy us …

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