THE DRAGONS ARE SINGING
TONIGHT
Tonight is the night that all
dragons
Awake in their lairs underground,
To sing in cacophonous chorous
And fill the whole world with
their sound.
They sing of the days of their
glory,
They sing of their exploits
of old,
Of maidens and knights, and
of fiery fights,
And guarding vast caches of
gold.
Some of their voices are treble,
And some of their voices are
deep,
But all of their voices are
thunderous,
And no one can get any sleep.
I lie in my bed and I listen,
Enchanted and filled with delight,
To songs I can hear only one
night a year --
The dragons are singing tonight.
Jack Pretlutsky
Art Peter Sis