2006-07-28

729. Donkey's Bed

cold night...
i find a warm rock
on which to sleep

[National Geographic July 2006, page 22: It is estimated that more than a quarter of road accidents in Namibia involve collisions with donkeys — often because they lie down to sleep on the warm pavement at night. To prevent such accidents, a group is working to outfit donkeys with reflective ear tags. So far 500 have been tagged.]

4 comments:

polona said...

nice haiku, and the text adds poignancy to it!

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

Strange! I just got that in the mail the other day but I haven't looked at it. Think I will now..

Masago said...

polona: Thanks.

j: It's a great magazine. This bit is just a small news-like item (page 22 isn't numbered...you'll have to count from about page 15 or so).

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

Hey, it's summer! I shouldn't have to be thinking. Counting is hard! :)