The Hunt
The solitary predator culls another from the herd
while the Serengeti's spectators are unfazed
A larger catch would have been preferred
But he has been hungry for many days
The drought has been cruel and protracted
and there isn't even peace in the shade
But a remedy to the hunger has been exacted
And the hunter's dominance has been displayed
Is this the inimitable Panthera Pardus?
or perhaps a metaphor for a different "beast"
Gnawing on sarcous sinew and corpulent carcass
Either way the feast is deceased
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