A slender neck with which to reach the heavens,
To taste the vegetation of Eden.
The weak and small perish, the strong strengthens:
Creature well-versed in the rules of famine.
The ones below must raise their chins up high
In awe, the glory of prehistoric times
As they watched species fall, succumb and die
And sweet nectar travels north. How it climbs
With Darwin’s vertebrae embedded inside
And spotted fur like archipelagos.
Eyelashes batting, chest swelled in content stride
In Sahara grasses piled with bone’s echoes.
Crushed acacia scent from frightened calf
Treads the wise and proud beast of height: giraffe.
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