A Leopard Lives in a Muu Tree A Leopard Lives in a Muu Tree by Jonathan Kariara A leopard lives in a Muu tree Watching my home My lambs are born speckled My wives tie their skirts tight And turn away - Fearing the mottled offspring. They bathe when the moon is high Soft and fecund Splash cold mountain stream water on their nipples Drop their skin skirts and call obscenities. Im besieged I shall have to cut down the Muu tree Im besieged I walk about stiff Stroking my loins. A leopard lives outside my homestead Watching my women I have called him elder, the one-from-the-same- womb He peers at me with slit eyes His head held high My sword has rusted in the scabbard. My wives purse their lips When owls call for mating Im besieged They fetch cold mountain water They crush the sugar cane But refuse to touch my beer horn. My fences are broken My medicine bags torn The hair on my loins is singed The upright post at the gate has fallen My women are frisky The leopard arches over my homestead Eats my lambs Resuscitating himself.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:52:13 +0000
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