Mark of the Panther

INTRODUCTION:  Hold all applause to the end
Erasing all challengers by moon of night.
Mark of the PANTHER with claws lock jaws
Branding its territory with swift  swipes.

He stalks the jungle
Polite stealth steps, rip raw
He crept
He lives for the chase.

His love of the game, a 
Powerful  animal with a 
Charismatic glow.
The mysterious beast  angles 

It  self toward its prey
With a glare and  blood fever
In its eyes.

It seemed to wrangle from all directions 
At once.  No compromise. Quickly it
Engages its prey never saw it coming.
The claw mark on a single tree

Blood on the leaves.
Silent testimonials
The GLORIOUS  panther will not
Be deprived  of its stature in the jungle
Among other  felines

As it roams it hunts.
Keeping his silent cat paws.
By nature the  beast is  inclined to
Persue  with PREDATORY. POISE, 

Panther  claws  swift and deadly.
Black Jaguar by night. It stalks.
Concealed, concise, CONSTRUCTING  SHEER
FRIGHT.

and by day he locks the jungle down.
At times relishing relief as he lounges on
Branches of trees,  among  natures  favored felines.
Angling  agilely with beauty of GRACE.

Inviting competition from other cats.
He glides through his home.
The black JAGUAR OF FEAR.

Confusing its prey with  pantherness 
Claws  and  pantherest LAWS.
the  QUINTESSENTIAL  CONQUEROR
THE BLACK PANTHER

classically the mark of the panther CLAUSE
LISTEN FOR THE QUIET of the panther 
Creeping panther  with gradual precision

Conclusion STEALTH  LEAN  SERENE MACHINE
The audience with Glazed eyes EXPLODES  with
Thunderous DEAFENING applause.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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