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<p><span class="line">The self is a serengeti</span><span class="line">a wide grassland with baobab trees</span><span class="line">reaching their roots deep into earth</span><span class="line">like a child into a clay pot</span><span class="line">A wind blows there or seems to blow</span><span class="line">if he holds it up to his ear the air shifts</span><span class="line">like stones in a stream uncovering a crawfish</span><span class="line">it finds another hiding place watching you</span><span class="line">Its eyes are blacker than wind</span><span class="line">on the serengeti they are the <a href="onformalpoetry.html">eyes of a predator</a></span><span class="line">they are coming toward you or receding</span><span class="line">a storm cloud builds on the horizon</span><span class="line">Are you <a href="squirrel.html">running</a> toward the rain or away from it</span><span class="line">Do you stand still and crouch hoping for silence</span></p>
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