Mallet Hocket

I

Want to

Give you

The world

The streams all drain into the lake

Here at the shore is where we trade

Beneath the oaks that offer shade

During the heat of day

The tributaries aggregate

Night awaits

The milkweed and the wind embrace

The governors negotiate

The wind slips through the silent gate

The clover and the Queen Anne's lace

Thе animals all stay away

The noisy place is too unsafe

Both insist thеy will not meet halfway

To be at war with DNA

Armistice day

The forest floor dark in the day

And still we hope and hope again

Cooperate, cooperate