Elephantine March [Free Verse]

The herd is on the march.

They lumber with slow
      determination. 

The young achieve   
       playful swagger,
        but aren't allowed
         too wide of the line. 

I wonder whether they're
       going someplace good?

DAILY PHOTO: Animals on the Chobe Banks

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DAILY PHOTO: Lusaka City Center

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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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DAILY PHOTO: Elephant in the Grass

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DAILY PHOTO: Sunset over the Chobe River

Taken in May of 2017 in Botswana