TIP-TOEING TIGERS BY: HG

 

 

 

TIGERS, TIP-TOEING THROUGH THE TWIGHLIGHT TIME

HUNGRULY SCANNING THE HORIZON AS THE LATE NIGHT 

TURNS INTO THE EARLY MORNING.   

 

THERE, OVER THERE IS THE ROUND, JUICY GAZELLE GRAZING 

AND JUST WAITING TO BE TERRIFIED AS THE SNEAKY TIGERS 

DIG THEIR SHARP CLAWS INTO ITS TENDER LEGS.

 

WITHOUT A WARNING, TIGERS JUMP ON THE GAZELLE, WRESTLING 

IT TO THE GROUND, BITING HIS NECK AS HE STRUGGLES TO LEAVE 

THE ATTACK WOUNDED, BUT NOT DEAD.

 

TAKING THE LAST BREATH OF HIS LIFE, THE GAZELLE DIES LIKE A DOG.

A FIVE STAR BREAKFAST IS NOW LAYING LIFELESS ON THE GROUND,

WAITING FOR THE TIGERS TO SINK THEIR TEETH IN HIS ROUND, AND 

 DEAD BODY, PULLING OUT EVERY CHUNK OF MEAT, LEAVING THE REST

FOR THE VULTURES THIS ARTERNOON.  

BREAKFAST IS SERVED!