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For Bite Size Contest No113 Poetry Contest sponsored by Line Gauthier

Tetrapod Perspective

I wonder if it strikes them odd,
your ordinary tetrapod,
carnivorous or grass-fed,
to see such an enormous head,
on a creature with, but two feet,
who kills when he don't have to eat.
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Wolf Avatar
May 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I read the second line as 'your ornery tetrapod.' lol. ~ gw
Crandall Avatar
May 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
haha, that works too!
Rodrigues Avatar
May 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Well said and thought out!
Crandall Avatar
May 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks Kim!
Blown Avatar
May 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
just mammalian creatures is all we are.... within an image'nation of the mind....len
Crandall Avatar
May 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
i guess that's true - what an interesting evolutionary path.
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