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Writer's pictureNolcha Fox

The Hunt



1.

Yarn-ornery, pounce,

His prey a ball

that won’t be good

for Christmas scarves.

Practice

makes perfect.


2.

Hunter, under leaves he waits.

He yearns for crackling

fire to dry rain’s drip-drops

on his neck, to drink

a toast to tangled blankets,

safe until tomorrow’s chase.


3.

The road is rubble

that throws up dust

and desperation

with each tiny step.

His hunt for truth

might be his last hunt ever.


4.

His muscles taut, 

a leap to tree,

he makes the branch

before he is

the hunted,

not the hunter.


5.

Beauty is in the blood

in his mouth.

He screams at the moon,

a beast at its best,

his victory ripped

to pieces.


inspired by day 3 of the Garden of Neuro Poetry Challenge, and by the Garden of Neuro Poetry Workshop: The Caldralor

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