Myrmecobius fasciatus

Danger. Fight or flight. A decision that is made in a

second 

and many seconds have passed in our quieting world.

Safety. Found in the logs and empty spaces,

the forgotten places where blurry faces 

move into homes that always was, always will be

Country

In a different world, a different time 

the numbat kept the termites under control, camouflaging within Eucalypt

Woodlands.

As the world turns into the current and the hourglass is broken,

the pests keep these keepers under their thumb, their numbers dwindling,

our heads spinning to comprehend the death

of yet another life

removed. 

Danger. We ignore both options. 

trapped in the moment 

when fight or flight leads to 

out of sight.