Friday, May 10, 2013

Dzanga Bai


Village of the Elephants
What a miracle.
Canopy of birdcalls
Nutrient sand.

Village of the Elephants
Unintentional.
Hungry from the forest
Sad slow nomads.
Grey in wisdom
Wrinkled with memory
Fruit from the bough
Led back out from the shade.

Village of the Elephants
What a miracle.
Smooth tuskless juvenile
Drinks from the sand.
His mother’s warm sadness
Left with the trees
Ivory tombs
Now soft in memory.

Village of the Elephants
What a miracle.
But a greater miracle
Is the machine gun.
An AK-47
Named Ivory King
Singularity pupils
Wide despite the sun.

Village of the Elephants
Payday miracle.
Hot lead ejaculations
Saw through tree-thick legs.
Serrated edges
Swift-grind Ivory from husks
Vitamin sand drinks
A smooth tuskless juvenile.

Village of the Elephants
Haunting miracle.
Sunlit ossuary
Memory sand.

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