Two giraffes delicately circle
a eucalyptus tree
primordial necks
like swaying highways
running
they are the envy
of elephants.
Nothing is finer
than that place of grace
where each toad and tapir
meets its moment
of perfection:
the elegant sweep
of the extravagant-tailed quetzal
resplendent in the rain forest
the whiskered manatee
floating among the mangroves
like a perfect potato
the rhinoceros
wading weightless
in the watering hole
the lanky flamingo
pink in flight
in the blue Caribbean sky.