Short Lemurs Poems

The grey crows light cavern, wailing in web tavern
as lemurs juice pattern, sky from earth to Saturn....

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lovely lithe lively lemurs
languishing lovingly lengthwise
laboriously lightening our loads
laughing in lemur-like linguistics

lovely lacksidasical loving lemurs
letting loose leeches live
living lemur-like lightness
lollygagging in lemur-like ways...

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Ringtail lemurs in Madagascar
Do not travel alone or very far
They hunt in groups, close to the ground.
Seen by few, but quite easily found

Ringtail lemurs weighing less than five pound
Running around foraging, their tummies are round.
Diurnal of course, which means they sleep at night
But are awake and conversing during happy daylight...

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The ring-tailed lemurs swished their stripes;
The tortoises perambled.
Rhinoceroses munched on hay;
The seals caroused and gamboled.

A winter day with snow on tap
Was perfect for the zoo.
The humans seemed to stay away
So visitors were few.

The cobra swayed from side to side;
The dart frogs were exquisite.
A cold and dismal afternoon’s
The time I love to visit....

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I met a collage
hair, a messed-up colored sisal 
lips, pasted with red droppings
eyes, grafted lemurs’ spectacles
neck, ring-fenced with cowries
fingers, sharp porcupine quills
legs, wrapped with bull’s colon
feet, balancing on goat hooves
ears, crying “have mercy, you wheels”
clothes,  mosaic of bush flowers
confused I was when met her
but I was told the collage I met
was not art piece of an artist
but a  modern African girl...

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