Nature’s Carnival Gnarled trees with crooked noses Bend to hear the secrets of the wind, Mirthful animals chuckle As butterflies brandish elegant gowns. Sleek foliage wraps The limbs of trees Like soft caresses over yawning castles.

The sun blinks Through the jolly leaves, Casting shafts of golden laughter That paint the ground, Where beetles crawl, and spikes of grass rise. The earth twirls like a child, Whirling in a joy so wild.

• Hugo Ball