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crocodiles

Invitation - by Louise Greig

{ Poem }

Open house for crocodiles
/ Dress Code : Wear smiles
/ Juicy children for tea!
/ R.S.V.P.
/ …

The Victoria Falls - by Muriel Spark

{ Poem }

So hushed, so hot, the broad Zambesi lies
/ Above the Falls, and on her weedy isles
/ Swing antic monkeys swarm malignant…

Grandfather Crocodile - by Xanana Gusmão

{ Poem }

For Marta B. Neves, Lisbon
/
/ The legend says
/ and who am I to disbelieve!
/
/ The sun perched atop the sea
/ opened its eyes
/ and with…

When a fish… - by Anonymous

{ Poem }

When a fish
/ screws
/ slimy up
/ out of
/ the long
/ dark
/ river-
/ downness
/ and
/ bubbling
/ says
/ down
/ there
/ blub
/ in the
/ long
/ dark
/ deepness
/ blub
/ there’s
/ an
/ alli-
/ gator
/ blub
/ oh
/ believe
/ that
/ fish.
/ …

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