My nightmares teem with fanes, a stone baboon
Sits on an ancient throne replacing Man,
Below a vaulted height twelve cubits span,
Odd lamps give off strange glows of mauve, maroon.
That glass-eyed ape holds one long barbed harpoon,
His stone mouth gapes to call his wretched clan
Who keep close by the baboon’s bone sedan,
And huddle, frightened, near a drifting dune.
I fled that place down to a lakeside dock,
Those mad apes followed me in hot pursuit,
Their vicious howls all other sounds now blight.
Lakeside I hid behind a hand hewn rock,
I watched those monkeys in the grasses root,
Devour tubers long into the night.
Please tell me what you think
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Okay, this is my favorite read of yours today. Dont ask me why. Couldn't tell you. I think I really came to attention with the mention of the vicious sounds
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Just wondering how you could witness all these goings on, without being detected.
Love,
jin
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what a nightmare! I myself have always found baboons extremely frightening. Again, it's a whole book in 14 lines! I'm particularly fond of line 2 "Sits on an ancient throne replacing Man". I love the detail of the bone sedan.
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Oh this was worth all the peaked curiosity and even havin' to wait (and not much is worth havin' to wait so logn once I'm curious!). This was great fun to read. I like how you make the statue so definately stone but give it animation and even fierceness. The scene, the vantage point of watching the live "clan" in the tall grass and everything make this poem come to life and make a powerful impression. A please, as alwasy.
, Dannie
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Beautifully written! An Italian Ape sonnet, it must be a first. Your ability to tell a captivating story with your sonnets is a true gift.
Love,
Amera♥
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Apes and fanes! I had to look up "fane" in the dictionary and it said it is a temple or a church. I love it that you wrote about apes and fanes. 
Your poem is very entertaining in such a smart way. 
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Nightmare quality-- yikes!!!
LadyD
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