Bitter as the cud

Poems and commentary by B. R. Dionysius

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andean girls

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

this would be even more

impressive with a condor

wingspan of four girls

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dancer from bali

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

she is pretty dope

for some early breakdancing

casts a rabbit too

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man from guatemala

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

we are happy here

with a machete & stick

you should try it out

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bushmen hunters

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

dogs do all the work

so where are the bushwomen

when you need them

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sketch of bushmen

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

so, only men hunt

in the nineteen seventies

sketchy gender roles

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jane goodall and chimps

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

camera shy chimps

our banana republic

jane immortalised

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waterhole

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

here the animals

are divided by water

humans, apartheid

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eagle

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

eagles don’t have tongues

this long, except gene simmons

leads the kiss army

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crocodile

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

we take their measure

we are the lords of the beasts

please do not skin us

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tree toad

December 17, 2020 / brdionysius / Leave a comment

most toads are frogs that

have image problems at home

& move into trees

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