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April 12, 2019: Orangutan
Orangutan1

On the cusp of extinction,
the "person of the forest"2
brachiate3
through the jungles
of Borneo and Sumatra.

Watch them--
males with their flanges4
and females
with their offspring
clinging to them--
as they move
from tree to tree.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Footnotes
1  https://orangutan.org/orangutan-facts/
2  https://orangutan.org/orangutan-facts/quick-orangutan-facts-figures/
3  Swinging hand over hand from the branches of a tre.
4  Cheekpads
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