Beatific Bush
We stomped a disused track
away from safety, and our vehicle
Wild herb, damp soil and perspiration permeataGrass seeds dislocated and sprang
annoying our city skin
Buffalo weavers, quelea nests with birdsong resonateFrilly flowers, armour-plated crickets
and black ants sprinkled the veld floor
Thorn bushes, ditches and mosquitoes masqueradaConcealed by vegetation; a munching, horned,
bouldered creature followed us with blind interest
Pursuing animal persuaded, attack not intended…Copyright © Beverleigh Gail Annegarn, Madikwe, February 2008
veld - word in Afrikaans (one of the languages spoken in South Africa) which means earth.
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