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I'm an animal
obsessed with the hierarchy of our kingdom
caught up with fetching dinner
constantly hunting for food
always preying on lovers
cynical about my environment
skeptical of other animals
whom arrive crowding the waterhole
a fierce reactor
with a bite before realization
of what i've now done
defending others in trouble
fiending for raw meat
raw interaction
raw resolution
a lioness
leisurely in my mind
a bear
fear me for bothered i am not
too easy to shut out
the world at season's edge
and hibernate the winter away
a bull
at any hint of disturbance
my heart explodes
and my body twitches adrenaline
and i can see nothing else