Hunting Tragedy Poem by Mbusya Wa Mbusya

The African python recoils,
Sleuths down like a little snake,
A mamba, black and shinny,
Ebony beauty,
Fanging out in a rage,
While the little dik dik jumps out in a thick foliage,
Heart throbbing, saliva oozing,
Scared stiff…of both the sound of death and the fatal coils

I squeeze the trigger in amazing dexterity,
Surprised at the tragedian dilemma of conflicting interest,
Between a python and a dik dik
The tearing sound kills the peace,
I wipe sweat from my brows.