chopped liver

on my first safari

in kenya

we came upon some

gazelles

 

graceful

long lines

fast, powerful jumpers

 

sigh

 

and it was in this

moment of blissful

reflection

I was informed

by the masaai

that they are known as

cheetah chow

 

i revere love

and am therefore a

proponent

of chasing it into any

divide

 

but to reject

fully and wholeheartedly

without reflection

 

to forsake

 

is to relegate the

black woman

 

chow

Author's Note

i found the image at http://www.somethingwithin.com/blog/?cat=37. it accompanies some surprisingly relevant blogs.