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Cave collections Vol. II – Diversity of life
On these nights, I wonder…
Where the mammals have gone
Does the silence know
That it only has sipping slurping streams and
Crackling chattering campfire as companions?
Lying in a cave where the Khoisan used to be
I wonder –
Now that the
Bluebuck are gone
Cape Lion are gone
Brown Hyena are gone
Migrating Elephant are gone
Cape Leopard teetering on gone
Black Rhino fenced away as if they were gone
I wonder why I feel content
Not knowing how it once must have been being potential prey
To a lurking carnivore in the shadows
I wonder if the Khoisan ever felt this sense of vulnerability
Before being dispensed by the most ruthless predator of all
Like another unwanted animal in the shadows
But I feel safe now
And I feel safe here
Though I wonder –
Is my life any richer for that?
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Out all alone
Shimmies left, hovers, darts right
Repeatedly he enacts for a purpose unknown
Incessant drone
Doubles as his date zips into sight
Heatedly they vacate this bumblebee pick-up zone
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Hornet digs like a hound
And finds hole to exhume
Drags stiff grub into ground
And replaces stone over tomb!
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Cluster of feathers perched pitifully
At the high end of a fallen tree
A sure sign to stay on guard
For these are leftovers of the leopard
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Gentle sunset breeze
Humbles watchful trees
Nodding, bowing, waving
Revering earth’s exhaling
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