like leopards and other predators
who pounce, gorge, and vanish. I like
night animals that howl and prowl, gore
and roar, that know how to pick a carcass
clean. I like animals that live outdoors
untethered,
and animals with eyes that glow
in the dark.
There is a dust-felted train
that travels from Ujiji to Dar es Salaam.
People on the train share a berth with
goats and chickens. I prefer to travel
among a hundred-thousand hooves
that stampede unshod across
the savannah. I like
animals who cut the landscape
in two.
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