panthera leo krugeri
a sanguine sunrise.
a queen stalks the savannah;
sekhmet stalks her prey.
tracks the wildebeest;
tasty banquet on the hoof;
an ungulate feast.
to a hundred feet
she closes – then she charges,
fifty miles per hour.
the 30 ft leap,
the slap & grab, the take down.
her long fangs drink deep.
a bloody sun sets;
sekhmet sleeps; her belly full.
& hungry pride … fed!
© Joseph McNair; 2009
these haikus smell of the kill; a bloody chain of sanguinity.
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