title finding the lion id finding-the-lion genre verse project title autocento of the breakfast table class autocento tonight as i look up the stars hide themselves in shame there is no moon the sky is black like my desk nothing like a raven the streetlights look on the scene disinterested they have their own small gossips of the dark i came here to find the lion old friend but he will not show his flanks his paws his shoulders his mane i can hear him laughing from his hiding-place behind the moon nonexistent under the cold dead earth the mountain is in front of me now a hole of stars daring me to pierce it with my sight the lion's still laughing the streetlamps talk about me amongst themselves and go out there never was any lion they tell me you only hear the wind on the mountain there is no moon moongone html nothing like a raven feedingtheraven html small gossips of the dark the-night-we-met html his mane axe html you only hear the wind cold-wind html on the mountain mountain html