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Juju
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In your dreams

0 posted 2011-07-12 09:38 PM


They have it easy

Dry grassland,
Silence pierces like the sun,
while lions prowl.

Anxiety,
Fear quenches peace like a storm,
Prey scatter away

Vultures swarm
A young calf cries for naught
Lions make the kill

Claws are cleaned
Bones scattered like broken glass
The parched earth stained red

Deceit played
A cat with a full stomach
The desert sun sets


-Juju

-"So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts " Silent all these Years, Tori Amos

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Huan Yi
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Waukegan
1 posted 2011-07-12 10:01 PM


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Very good Juju


John


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JerryPat2
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South Louisiana
2 posted 2011-07-12 10:12 PM


I felt the hot African sun within the lines.

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2islander2
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by the sea
3 posted 2011-07-13 03:20 AM


excellent scene and images, ouaaahhh


yann

Dark Stranger
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West Coast
4 posted 2011-07-13 06:22 AM


sometimes it seems that way huh...cool stuff JJ
JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
5 posted 2011-07-13 07:15 PM


Wonderfully descriptive...James
Margherita
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Eternity
6 posted 2011-07-14 04:53 AM


You captured the atmosphere masterfully, dear Juju.

Yet, many attacks can be unsuccessful, because every possible prey has its "alarm and defense system" and even lions can be brought to exhaustion and condemned to long days of empty stomachs. No creature seems to have it really easy it seems to me. The most ferocious killer remains the human being ...

Your words reminded me also of "The lion will lay down with the lamb ..." and I found this interesting article: http://www.all-creatures.org/hr/hralion.htm

Thank you for this thought provoking piece.

Love,
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

passing shadows
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displaced
7 posted 2011-07-15 12:09 PM


this is awesome girlfriend! so are you!
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
8 posted 2011-07-15 07:40 AM


You painted an authentic event masterfully!
Great capture!
Lori

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