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To be Food

Fell asleep under an olive tree,
woke up as a lettuce in a wood
salad bowl; in bed with diced
tomatoes and blushing radishes;

drenched in virgin extra and red
wine vinegar, I felt good about
myself; but as no one came for
lunch I got up and walked home.


Tanka (News Item)

Rhino butts camera
And I say, quite rightly so
Intrusive humans
Following a rhino around
When it’s about, romancing