I
As fowls search for corn,
Hawks search for chicks
Eagles search for fowls
Some snakes search for eggs
Forgetting others’ search for snakes
II
As plants draw water, air and sunlight
Sheep and goats search for plants
Cows search for plants
Even dogs search for some plants
Forgetting others search for dogs
III
As cats search for mice
Lions search for cats
Tigers search for cats
All wild cats will never mind catching cats
Forgetting those they dread await
IV
What’s the point?
Aren’t they all edibles of humans and earth?
Some saucepans boil most in their hot fury
For human satisfaction
V
If I consume you
What ails you ails me
Death consumes me
And the earth swallows me
What will be the point?
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
