It was in Ruwenzor <br />I found the Bashan bull, <br />The purple-headed mount <br />Was bathed in misty blue. <br />A monitor lizard <br />Was feeding on an egg, <br />When suddenly there swooped <br />An eagle like a stone, <br />Crushing in the mud <br />A portly guinea-fowl. <br /> <br />I saw the phoenix rise, <br />Its ashes swirling dust; <br />Pouring through a gorge <br />Milky-white opals. <br />The jungle roared in green <br />And ferns lept in the air; <br />The basilisk crept through <br />A crevice in the rocks, <br />And chameleons looked out, <br />Bursting into spray. <br /> <br />A leopard's staring eyes <br />Flung upon a deer, <br />And savage fury torn <br />By hungry crocodiles. <br />I saw a viper creep <br />Through lions in the shade. <br />A row of parakeets <br />Fluttered in a wave <br />And stormed a gorilla <br />Among the luscious fruit. <br /> <br />I saw huge elephants <br />Behind a splash of fronds; <br />Flaming honey bees; <br />The hippos in the stream <br />Skimmed by dragonflies; <br />A crowd of ibises; <br />A galaxy of stars; <br />Echoing in the night <br />From the top there poured <br />A glacier of ice.<br /><br />Tan Pratonix<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/african-rhythms/
