Tonight’s rough chorus
is not their debut,
they’ve been hard at it,
for more than a few nocturnes.

Now at last, we have noticed,
their collective pulse
is a false premise.

Doesn’t something in us want
some contra-singing,
long for an off-beat echo?

Listen, hear their song
alive with striving. Relent
to the uneven rhythms
their resounding, restless legs.