~ The Snow Leopard

snows of kilimanjaro

yes i know it’s the wrong continent

and the last i heard

the snow is gone as is

the dried and frozen carcass

of the snow leopard

but it lingers in my mind

as does hemingway’s declarative sentence

“no one has explained what the leopard

was seeking at that altitude”

but as for myself i think i know

the explanation lies in the rarified air

where thinking stops and life begins

and that noble leopard was finally

freed of that sorry-ass carcass

 

preface to "the snows of kilimanjaro,"

by ernest hemingway.

 

saturday morning

in chivay,

in the colca valley,

perú.

 

fuji provia 100f

color slide film

with a zero image 69

pinhole camera,

de-saturated on my computer.

Done