There is cricket song
in the night

a cat pounces
and the song lessens
by one

or does it change
this song?

move an octave

change chord and bridge

like some nimble gymnast
lithe and supple
overarching, stretching
belly-first to the sky

dissonance swells
in the ear towards harmony

Note follows note
movement chases movement

And the crunch
of shell and bone
mingles, strains and collapses
into harmony again