Expressing his love

an elephant called his darling

“You are my dove.”

May be it sounds strange

but I’ve heard when a bear

called his beloved

“You are my bird.”

I’ve heard when a whale,

and it’s not a tale,

called his sweetheart a little fish.

And one crocodile called his wife

“You are my sweetest dish.”

A mole in his dark hole

called his beloved a swallow.

In return he heard:

“You are my lovely fellow.”

After hearing all those words,

after listening to the birds,

a thought has come to my mind:

Some men are just blind.

Larisa R (Odessa, Ukraine)