Nocturnal Laboratory Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

In the nocturnal laboratory
The animals of the wood
Work
Work as cogs in a
System of wheels
Radio gaga
They work
They work
They work
Each his part
Each his bit
Each the toil:
Yet they do it
Voluntarily
In the night laboratory

The night laboratory
In the thick of the woods
Hides
Forms of mists at dusk
Strengthens and
Massifies
Then lo! By the arising
Of the Dawn
With spells and magic
Rare and mighty
It dissolves as it rose
The night laboratory

And
With it
Into the heavens
Rise the animals and
Their works
The machines and the
products
The discoveries one
After the other
Medicine on medicine
New and revolutionary

Disease ageing and
Death
Turn pale
Before the night laboratory
Yet
Powerless
They clench their teeth
Despairing.

For
In the nocturnal laboratory
The animals of the wood
Work
Work as cogs in a
System of wheels
Radio gaga
They work
They work
They work
Each his part
Each his bit
Each the toil:
Yet they do it
Voluntarily
In the night laboratory