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144 mArTin And osA Johnson’s AFricA Black man running in the wide gray veldt fast faster than I’d ever seen stick legs just twinkling in terror and the lion bounded after lazy it seemed but cutting the distance springing gathering springing until it pulled him down kicking in the high grass It was the first real death I’d seen Even in long shot through Martin and Osa’s camera it was real death and funny He was a nerve clown sprinting there futile nameless tree of scream Did they set him up? roll-eyed scar-faced black gunbearer Or was it an accident and they 145 stood by filming in their pith helmets? What if that had been Victor Mature? I didn’t question though On film it was slick as a menu I just peeled my eyes thrilled as the lion bounding behind licking its chops to taste death’s sweet meat ...

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