Sunday 6 January 2019

tigers in the garden



Tigers are golden and glow in the dark.
Tigers are hungry and feed on the heart.

Look at our garden, row upon row,
each living thing bred to feed us.

Look at our garden, freak after freak,
everything engineered by us.

I was dreaming animals 
returning to the garden

dreaming peacocks 
parading on the lawn

dreaming butterflies
hovering over long grass 

dreaming herds of animals
moving through the garden

When tigers arrived 
this was our history

When tigers arrived
tiger wrapped tiger 
tiger round me

This was our garden
tigers - run round the tree
tigers - turn into ghee
tigers - chase tigers chase
tigers - all melt away
look at our garden now

Tigers are golden and glow in the dark.
Tigers are hungry and feed on the heart.

Thousand-pound tigers
walk in the woods,
each claw as big as a knife.

Thousand-pound tigers
drop from the trees,
waiting to swallow your life.

Tigers the size of 
tigers the size of 
tigers the size of 
tigers the size of life.

Uh-oh, who invited God?

Big voice walking in the cool of day
saying get out of here, get out of here
Big voice telling us be on your way
saying get out of here, get out of here


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