Chui
Trees
are my domain
Resting
regally
Surveying
horizons
Piercing
eyes stare out
Nothing
betrays calm
Waiting
to spring out
Climb
down from my perch
Hunger
drives my time
Swalapala
graze
Perhaps
songura
Nyumbu,
with luck
Cunning
guides my course
You
will not see me
Until
I am there
Falling
upon you
Did
you quite suspect
Though
no matter now
Belly
full of meat
Again,
I lie here
In
the branches; high
Simba
skulks below
Laughs
of fisi range
This
branch, sacrosanct
I
sneer for effect
Mostly
hold contempt
Drift
off to sleeping
Dreams
of future hunts
Trees
are my domain
Copyright
SGW 2018
Footnotes:
Chui is leopard; Swalapala is impala; Songura is rabbit; Nyumbu is wildebeest;
Simba is lion, Fisi is hyena.
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