The cricket hears when he chirps

At night

What the terrier hears in the morning

And the house cat at midday

The Nextdoor iguana asks

“How could he never love, his heart is so big!”turning a deep shade of purple-red

But the cat stays silent and it speaks volumes

So the pet goldfish blurbs a question too

Asking

“How could he never sing

His voice is velvet!”

But the energetic dog narrows his tail, and the animals know the answer

Ridden with confusion, the cocker-spaniel decrees that he is filled with feeling

As all the animals have seen how he helps the grandma in the neighborhood load her groceries

How he hums harmonies heeding harp like sounds in the shower

And how much he cares

For the animals can tell, because they feel

Before they think

And the cricket says he cries at night

And the dog says he sleeps in day

And the cat says in midday

He stares

Because his heart is so big, and his voice so beautiful, and his feelings so sensitive

He stares

And they understood

And so they wept for him

As his eyes were dry