“Auditory Camouflage” by Colin Morton

that cow you just heard is
meaowing in a tree

a stampede of elephants
preens its feathers

you have sighted the liarbird
so named for its tail
which looks like a lyre
and because its call is

crickets

thunder

balalaikas

drops of water

Works Cited

  • Morton, Colin. Auditory Camouflage. Canadian Literature 112 (1987): 31. Print. (Link)