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Totally Optional Animals
This week, Tiel suggested we write about animals. For the most part, I have no real interest in any animal but people, and precious few of those. So, here’s my totally optional poem about those totally optional animals. Other Totally Optional Artists have shared their poems here.
Hunting
if i should call you
the one that got away
it is as if i am calling you
a frightened doe in the woods
and as if i am calling me
a hunter with loincloth and spear
i hungered for the primal you
the sight of your flanks quivering
shivering in chill forest winds
your soft pelt spread-eagled
and ready to be warming
if i stalk you
from the downwind side
will you sense my presence
as always
your head darting
to the empty space i
will soon fill
my knife to never
again part
your flesh
you run
from
an
other
now
that was perfection … simply perfection…
[blush] thanks. -tom
wonderful words, visual and full of empathy bordered by primordial…
Thanks! -tom
Oh my goodness! That was wonderful. Just wonderful!
=) -tom
everything right down to the shape of the words on the page is spectacular.
but doc, not an animal lover? you’re killin’ me! i prefer animals to people. mostly.
thanks, carolee! I love animals: steak, medium rare; chicken breast, thinly cut and lightly fried…. er. :) -tom
I didn’t hink I was going to like these animal poems but so many of them, including this one, are wonderful! It’s not because of the topic, but because of the poets!