Cheetahs Tired at Sunset



The heat lets go

And Sun apologizes just a bit.

Running, such running

Did not materialize a kill

In earlier hours.

Impala.

Too blasted quick

On those turns.

And warthogs had

Unprecedented pluck

And ugly tusks.

Nevertheless we are coasting

On wildebeest meat.

From two days back.

Lions walked away from

Most of their kill.

‘Magine that?

Piece of cake keeping

Away the wild dogs.

Vultures did not even try.

Sigh.

Sleep will be good.

Too tired even

To sample tonight’s stars.

About this poem

inspired by an image of cheetahs on the dusky veldt

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Written on December 01, 2022

Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme X X A B X X X X X A X X X B A X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
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Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Douglas Blair

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