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动物园（Zoo）

马猴尔 — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:59:50 +0000

A safaripark

Females
spend their days
foraging
indiscriminately snapping up bargains

Males
speed along
hunting
bringing the rare treat back to the nest

Sinterklaas

马猴尔 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:59:05 +0000

Santa Claus is sad,

what happened to tradition?

Christmas comes early.

Like an animal past its prime

马猴尔 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:55:26 +0000

But your spine has been smacked,
My beautiful, pitiful era,
And with an inane smile
You look back, cruel and weak,
Like an animal past its prime,
At the prints of your own paws.
— Osip Mandelstam