FACTS

Did you know an ant has four

olfactory organs on its antennae;

the female mouse, a clitoris? This I learned

from two poets—one famous and American,

the other a student of biology and physics.

Now anything is possible:

Did you know that grass has legs and feet?

That’s why it’s never still

but runs on the spot like a child in an old gymnasium.

Did you know the moon cleans itself with a tongue

rough as a cat’s? It licks and licks until it disappears

then comes up new again, shiny with spittle.

Did you know the yellow butterflies that feed on cabbage

have a temper; the winds, a worrying mother?

Every dusk she stands in the airy doorway of the world

and calls them home.