New Year, New Elephants.No happy new year for unknown warrior-horses
who remember no poppies, only their boon
companions trapped in mud and blood, screaming.
Ancient koalas watch their gum trees burn and
remember a new year when they were the first beings
in their gold-red land under the clear, wide sky.
Sir crow, summiting the naked cherry tree
remembers every ruby-fruit and can predict
their re-birth in the joy of summer light.
Lady camel transports vast burdens of memory
over baking deserts, while calculating that
the next dune is not too high for her calf.
Lord elephant remembers his enemy who
carries boom-stick and saw to destroy
his family, fire and axe to destroy his home.
To all creatures great and human I wish
a New Year of fresh eucalyptus, poppy and cherries,
new life, safe haven and making new memories.
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