Sidney Beck Poet Imagism

Predator and Prey

PREDATOR  AND  PREY



Group of about eight
Dusky-toned  hawk-eyed young men
Dodged off the main sidewalk :
Sprang into  storefront
Under the overhanging trees
Watching intently through the leaves,
As downwind gazelles watch motionless
Through the foliage for lions.
Ready to take flight
But preferring to avoid
A meeting if possible.

A traffic cop had stopped a car
For some trivial road offence
Many yards ahead of the eight,
And his uniform was enough
To send unspoken fears 
Into  a  dusky-toned heart.
He hadn’t seen the eight;
But they had seen him.

Predator and prey pirouette
Around each other
Waiting for the other 
To make a slip.

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