One of Brazil’s more magical beings

Long legs a mane
a fellow from the high plains
who loves the savannah grasslands
and abounds
a denizen of wild places
who can put us through our paces
taller than a great Dane and it sounds
magical and it is the strangest being
a rich red coat a mane like some
bold lion
and legs so long and spindly
a really graceful soul
who runs into the bravest breeze
and remains in control
we really ought to call him
a great drifter
for that’s his journey almost every day
ranging over wide areas his habitat
eating all he can along the way
you may see him though he’s wily
late at night that’s when he hunts
he likes the rolling habitat
and with all his varied stunts
he will catch even a deer this lad
and rodents snakes and more
he looks frail but he’s powerful
and has guile too naturally
the Maned wolf thats his title
parading effortlessly
and has a keen agility
so even birds can be
part of his daily diet
when he springs into the air
perhaps 24 kilos
but such energy is there
and his vision is amazing
with a wonderful sense of smell
this fellow has been rewarded
with senses that are well
beyond so many others
he is gifted in that way
and can be a successful loner
and is of course Today

a wild soul he is wild al’right
you are drawn to him for he
glows with that red coat of his
and when he’s running free
he’s like a ray of sunshine
a spirit of the field
but when he really wants to be
he can be so concealed

but really he’s so graceful
and slender in his gait
he is not your average carnivore
he has a unique trait
he keeps away from humans
but he keeps them in his sight
he knows how bloody dangerous
they are and he is right

and perhaps that is his saving grace
to keep his distance and
really never threaten to ever
understand
with such wonderful hearing
its hard to think that he
could ever end up ambushed
by the likes of you or me