summer haiku – scared out of his wits = mort de peur


summer haiku – scared out of his wits  = mort de peur




blanched with fear  
a leopard bolts down a tree
and is fried by fire

mort de peur
un léopard descend l'arbre
et le feu le tue

terrorizzato
un leopardo fugge – 
il fuoco lo frigge

© by/ par Richard Vallance

pubic domain photo of the Amazonian wildfire killing a leopard
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