They looked on as theirs,
impalas and onigers,
the wild ostrich herd
with hard feet and bird
necks rearing back in the
dust like a serpent preparing to strike, cranes,
mongooses, storks, anoas, Nile geese;
and there were gardens for these--
combining planes, dates,
limes, and pomegranites,
in avenues-- with square
pools of pink flowers, tame fish, and small frogs.
-
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
The Jerboa
1932
