by Julia Griffin

For Tam

“‘Singing’ goat causes giggling fits at Worcester Cathedral service”
—BBC News

Oh praise ye the Lord!
The cocks, how they crew!
The lions all roared;
The lambs did so too.

All things that give sound
Joined in with a will:
Giraffes stamped the ground;
The larks trilled their fill;

Each jubilant chord
Was chattered and cooed,
And snorted and snored:
The cows’ mooey mood

Re-echoed around.
The goat then, unfloored,
Made humans give sound.
Oh praise ye the Lord!