as a tiger
dies in a recliner
HE SMILES
(a breathless grimace of
defiance)
HE STRETCHES AND YAWNS
(to cease the trembling in
his limbs)
HE BEARS DOWN AND SQUINTS
(gazing upon colors whose
names he can not remember)
HE EMITS A LOW GROWL
(images of all
things lost bubbling up to the surface)
HIS TAIL FLICKS
ANGRILY
(the flies have gathered thick around him)
HE LEAPS AT
HIS PREY
(trying to tear down his own shadow tormenting him on the
wall)
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