The Hills Laugh

Over the hills

The rivers drown the thick

Disgust that the forest holds

For the plains.

Why do the plains seem so

Neat and tidy

While the jealous forest

Twists more and more

The further in you go—

The hills laugh

At the obvious disdain.

If only the forest knew how

The plains felt, while flooding

All the time,

Maybe then the forest

Wouldn’t be so bitter

And the hills wouldn’t have

To keep the peace.