• Charismatic Megafauna
• Tiana Nobile (bio)

Charismatic megafauna are large animal species that have widespreadpopular appeal; they are the animals that most people can recognize andmay even know a few facts about off the top of their heads.

—Stephanie N. Braccini, Vice President of Living Collections, Birmingham Zoo [End Page 146]

Do you, too, wincewhen they whisperexotic in hushed breath,fingers pointedin your direction,your inanimate bodypoised to pummelbehind the smudged glass?Has anyone ever asked youhow it feels to be slitand stuffed from the crownof head to the tip of tail,what was once majesticnow hanging from the walllike an ornamentadorning the molding?What a parody, these people,in their tiger-striped t-shirtsand leopard-spotted lingerie,how they burlesque your gloryinto patterns and plush. How theyslash your tusks for piano keysand other trifles before tattooingyour effigy on their biceps.I, too, know the taste of this flavorof humiliation. Fingers pointedin my direction,cameras poised and clicked.Imagine: a group of men,their fingers swiping,the blur of my face slitheringacross the screen.Your skin, my skin, two notcheson power's endless bedpost.Exotic, they say,while slicing off our ears.While scooping out our eyes. [End Page 147]

tiana nobile is a Korean American adoptee, Kundiman fellow, and recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. A finalist for the National Poetry Series and Kundiman Poetry Prize, her writing has appeared in Poetry Northwest, the New Republic, Guernica, and the Texas Review, among others. Her full-length poetry debut, Cleave, is forthcoming in spring 2021 from Hub City Press. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. For more, visit www.tiananobile.com.

• 具有超凡魅力的大型动物
• 蒂娜·诺比尔（生物）

具有超凡魅力的大型动物是大型动物，具有广泛的流行吸引力。它们是大多数人可以识别的动物，甚至可能知道一些关于头脑混乱的事实。

—伯明翰动物园生活收藏部副总裁Stephanie N. Braccini [结束第146页]

你也一样，畏缩，当他们耳语异国情调在安静的呼吸，手指指着你的方向，你的身体无生命蓄势捶打脏污玻璃后面？有没有人问过你，从头顶到尾巴被切开塞进去的感觉是什么，曾经雄伟的现在像装饰着造型的装饰品一样悬挂在墙上吗？这些人穿着虎斑纹的T恤和豹纹的内衣真是一种滑稽的模仿，如何将您的荣耀变成图案和长毛绒。他们如何削减您的象牙以获得钢琴键和其他琐事，然后在您的二头肌上刻上您的肖像。我也知道这种屈辱的味道。手指指向我的方向，照相机摆好姿势并单击。想象：一群男人，他们的手指轻拂，我的脸庞模糊地在屏幕上划过。你的皮肤，我的皮肤，无穷无尽的床柱上的两个缺口。他们说，在切开耳朵的同时，充满异国情调。同时挖出我们的眼睛。[第147页]

蒂安娜·诺比勒（tiana nobile）是一名韩裔美国收养人，昆地曼人，并获得了罗纳·贾菲基金会作家奖。她的作品入围《国家诗歌丛书》和“昆迪曼诗​​歌奖”，并发表在《西北诗歌》，《新共和国》，《格尔尼卡》和《德州评论》等杂志中。她的全长诗歌首演Cleave将于2021年春季从Hub City Press发行。她住在路易斯安那州新奥尔良。有关更多信息，请访问www.tiananobile.com。