Out of the Eggs of Ants
An African Sketchbook and Other Poems| By: | Edward Fisher |
| Publisher: | Author Solutions |
| Print ISBN: | 9781490737966 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781490737973 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2014 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In the twilight and the twittering dawn
My life goes flitting like a spotted fawn.
A scent of something stalks the tall, dry grass
The fragrance of the rainI come; I pass.
Acacia thorn and zigzag lightning rend
And scratch their whistling way into the wind.
Ant-castles silhouette the fire-swept plains
Where tawny kings in limbo shake their manes.
The clouds collapse; musk mixes with the breeze.
Birds dart into the hard-knot of the trees.
A vultures wing is passed across the sun.
Blood stirs to surly muscle on the run.
The lion scans the landscape as it lies,
His dignity indifferent to the flies.