This is a strange fraternity - these sea lions and land lions,
land unicorns and sea unicorns;
the lion civilly rampant,
tame and concessive like the long-tailed bear of Ecuador -
the lion standing up against this screen of woven air
which is the forest:
the unicorn also, on its hind legs in reciprocity. (Marianne Moore)

This is a strange fraternity - these sea lions and land lions, land unicorns and sea unicorns; the lion civilly rampant, tame and concessive like the long-tailed bear of Ecuador - the lion standing up against this screen of woven air which is the forest: the unicorn also, on its hind legs in reciprocity.

Marianne Moore

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