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                                                              marine murine
                                                        by land and sea
                                             it’s further than you think

                                                          uncrowned
                                                                    free-tailed climber

                                                                           faith-filled
                                                          worshipper of Kiniyani

                                        looking past its death
                       to new life
        as historian
as warrior
      as poet

marine murine by land and sea it’s further than you think uncrowned free-tailed climber faith-filled worshipper of Kiniyani looking past its death to new life as historian as warrior as poet

"Rattus rattus".

(Black[or ship] rat.)

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                                          from spawning grounds
                            in clouds of milt and roe,
                 appearing out
          of the Bermuda Triangle —
                               a storm cloud of imagos,
                                        more dined upon
                                               than dining.
an unimaginable trek;
                      no circled wagons
                  to protect against predation
             as they vitrify.

         they make no sibling friends,
                     or they would spend
                             the long, long
                                     journey
                                              mourning.

from spawning grounds in clouds of milt and roe, appearing out of the Bermuda Triangle — a storm cloud of imagos, more dined upon than dining. an unimaginable trek; no circled wagons to protect against predation as they vitrify. they make no sibling friends, or they would spend the long, long journey mourning.

"Anguilla anguilla".

(European eel)

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     damson, bullace, sloe
are smeared on armour plating,
                    given lacy wings

                           ovipositor
           jabs into surface tension
 makes bloodthirsty nymphs

                    darting at its prey
      the tiny dragon glistens
                          like a hoard of gems

damson, bullace, sloe are smeared on armour plating, given lacy wings ovipositor jabs into surface tension makes bloodthirsty nymphs darting at its prey the tiny dragon glistens like a hoard of gems

"Trithemis annulata"

(Violet dropwing)

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harsh sunlight forges 
        what in English woods
                    would be a gentle dappled shade
              into a vibrant, shifting show
                                 of jade and emerald
                         of sapphire, ruby, orthoclase

                             all of a sudden          in a shaft
                                       that flashes through the canopy
                 we get our first glimpse of a male
                                     inscrutably emerging
                                                from the undergrowth

                           its stained-glass glare
                                    vies with the forest floor’s
                                                      kaleidoscope

harsh sunlight forges what in English woods would be a gentle dappled shade into a vibrant, shifting show of jade and emerald of sapphire, ruby, orthoclase all of a sudden in a shaft that flashes through the canopy we get our first glimpse of a male inscrutably emerging from the undergrowth its stained-glass glare vies with the forest floor’s kaleidoscope

"Mandrillus sphinx".

(Mandrill)

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"Furcifer pardalis".

(Panther chameleon)

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