Saturday, July 7, 2012

Grazes the Higher Slopes

" Grazes the Higher Slopes "

by Suzán Jiván

Grazes the higher slopes
during the dry season
polygamous browser
exclusive harem

dark facial blaze
stilettos rising
directly over eyes
bare glandular patch

bachelor herd
female herd
large reserves
interspersed

mineral licks
knock kneed
rump, limbs
chin, lips

remotest regions
captive breeding
small dewlap at jaw
black garter on foreleg

horns equally long
highly nomadic
water-bearing
receptive female

faint ruddy flank
rained and retreated
former range
long narrow face

loping along
migratory
high shouldered
long glossy coat

dark shadow
Chad to Sudan
Kenya to Tanzania
forming bracket shapes

blotches
upper forelegs
greatly elongated
normal forehead

offspring born
high-fiber
low protein grass
large aggregates

grading into pale flanks
deep chest
long trim legs
pronounced sheen

uniform weak
select green leaf
herds of yearlings
once teeming...

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