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OLD AND NEW 1  : CIRCUS

Giraffe on anxious heels
bought in Sandton, toddle 
along with intense haste
a dream point unheard
lipstick smudges, mascara 
leaks of AK47 dust she rifled

Bullfrog madly croaks
vying for a place in a stagnant 
pool, scoffing brandied chocolate 
pinched nerves, heart infested
throat on a tightrope 
Is the net below safe ?

Doe dark-eyed, hips to sink
into, marbled beauty stuck 
in corner stage believing that
the circle offered freedom, unable 
to move for want of a thatched 
roofed house, chrysanthemumed

Lions and lionesses rounded pillars
new regal maned performers
late for debate, entrance timed
for a precise shapely attack
on buck across the atrium who
practiced prances early morning 

In the middle stood Pharaoh
with invisible crook and flail
a sleek panther serpent eyed 
veils of disinterest, ears on end
at plebs in the arena, acts like
phantoms danced along a
smooth mental screen

Fidget they would on
maroon re-upholstered 
benches over which not 
even Bach could flow
mints popping pockets

On the horizon they 
disappeared into an African 
circus becoming marula trees
on our border 


©GhairoDanielsPoetry1996

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