in this incomplete box of African wildlife
baby elephants and baby giraffes compete for milk
from the one tit of the Serengeti
i say ‘incomplete’ because there are no baby hyenas
but there are baby zebras
there are baby hippopotami
who would have thought to put them all in a box
with access to just one tit?
the woman who put her tit
through the hole in the box
has to guess which animal latches on
and if she’s right, she wins $1,000,000
on the game show: “One Tit of the Serengeti”
“baby…baby hippopotamus?” she guesses
but it was a long-necked, tawny giraffe
its hairy, milk-fed camel lips
smacking with delight.
