why can’t i imagine that
i’m hungry as a
tiger
with salivating claws &
streaks of black
desire streaming
down my yellow
skin?
why can’t i stalk an
ocean of lusty
antelope, starving to be
devoured?
how will those story tellers
in the clouds record
the awful moment
when
i choose?
when the endangered
heart
feels the shock of
discovery
& the terrible eye of
the cat
makes escape
impossible?
how the frenzied souls
collide
how the teeth make
love
to the flesh
as the tumble
ends in a sudden flash
of total
surrender.
thus
the antelope enters
the heart of the
tiger.