The Hunt

The hunter quarrelling with a mislain bolt  never copped his watcher

When struck on side his bolt away slide toward shape like velociraptor

From parting ferns it leapt all-kill, no requirement for a doctor 

Agonised his scolded wit lamented not having copped her

Tendons tore and skin ripped o’er when tiger teeth viced his flesh

Through stoven ribs, it dragged cruel fangs toward his waiting breast

When tiger’s head shook violently, it tore off his shoulder clean,  

About its repeating jaw red viscera, gut-gel, gleams.

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