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Mount Entoto

Brow of a giant, tufty, full of birds

Dad cuts the engine, calling

chocks away!

so our car swoops down the giant's back

with gasp of tyres

just then a raggy boy appears

flings out his gabi like a bustard's wings

racing down the roadside on small springy feet

on the 't' of take-off

now a fierce astonishing idea flies in the open window

am I leading the wrong life?

all it would take is to open this door

all I must do is to jump out into the wind, shouting

ayzohhhh!!!

but when I turn the handle, with Dad yelling over his shoulder

and our car still plunging like a stone

the boy and his life leap in

gabi: a thick shawl worn over normal clothes for warmth

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