Monday, September 19, 2016

your stripes

your stripes
define you. people stand
away.
murmur be careful
of the wild
tiger.
don't put your hands
inside
the cage.
how little they know
you.
the true you.
how
kind you are, how
merciful.
they only see the blood
in your teeth,
the flesh
in your claws,
the hunger that is
your life.

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