Zambia Limerick

There was a shrewd carpenter from Zambia
  dismayed to hear what was paid to IKEA.
 He took apart his shelves,
  said, "Make 'em yourselves!"
upped his rates, but threw in a hex key-a.

DAILY PHOTO: Clouds Over Nairobi

Nairobi skyline taken from Uhuru Park in May of 2017.

DAILY PHOTO: [Taller] Giraffe in Tall Grass

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Contrarian Tourism [Limerick]

A contrarian tourist traveling through Livingstone
missed Victoria Falls when all was said & done.
He'd thought it a trifle
to see tower Eiffel,
and, when in Paris, he made an end-run.

DAILY PHOTO: A Tree in the Zambezi

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Selenops Actophilus [Senryū]

the spider looked thin,
 but - given its limb-span -
  that's little comfort

Lusaka Limerick

There was a gambling man of Lusaka
who was always running low on Kwacha.
That's the money, you see,
and despite ardent pleas
when you're a gambler no one will spot 'cha.

DAILY PHOTO: Elephant in the Grass

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DAILY PHOTO: Sunset over the Chobe River

Taken in May of 2017 in Botswana

DAILY PHOTO: Elephant Calf

Taken in Amboseli National Park [Kenya] in May of 2017