Chapter 2: Wild Elegy

 

The Stare

Close-up black and white portrait of a baboon showing detailed facial features and fur texture.

I spent a fortune

on a ticket to the great circus.

The wizard used his magic on me—

turned all the memories I carried

into wild animals,

even the long-forgotten ones

from my past lives.


The animals stare at me.

Their stares become a giant mirror,

clear as the surface of Lake Manyara.

In it I can see what I am

and what I once was,

until thousands of flamingos

stir up the water.


The stares never leave.

I just need to wait, patiently,

for the mirror to settle

and show me who I will become.

Rear view of a topi antelope showing distinctive curved horns against grassland background.
Female lioness prowling through grass with an intense focused gaze.
Black and white portrait of Kori bustard bird's head and neck in profile.
Group of topi antelopes grazing in green African savanna with scattered trees.
Group of zebras standing among yellow wildflowers in natural grassland habitat.
Black and white portrait series of wildebeest showing detailed facial features and horns.
Close-up series of giraffe necks and heads showing their distinctive spotted pattern against white background.
A klipspringer antelope rests alertly on a rocky outcrop in its natural habitat.
Antelope graze in a vast savanna grassland with mountains visible in the misty background.
A herd of impala antelopes grazing together in the African savanna grassland during daytime.
A small chipmunk perches alertly on a rock in a natural woodland setting.
Black dog with curly fur running through a green grassy field on a sunny day.
Distant flamingos create a pink line against the horizon of an African landscape.
Herd of wildebeest grazing together on the African savanna plains at dusk.

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