It's finally happened. I've reached the half-way point of NaPoWriMo, and to celebrate this milestone, I present a poem which was inspired by a story I've been following recently.
Hunters Return
A young chimpanzee
sits beneath a tree
in the Ugandan jungle,
his brother lounging
in the branches above.
They had considered
shadowing the hunting gang
when they left,
but given their mob mentality
the brothers decided better.
Suddenly a clamour strikes up,
the jungle canopy explodes
into a frenzy of shrieks.
The youngsters recognise
the work of their older kin.
The hunters return
with dismembered red colobus
to satiate their bloodlust.
Maybe a morsel or two
will be left for the brothers
if they ask nicely.
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