I’m wearing a tiger mask<\/p>\n
it is papier mache and peeling on the edges<\/p>\n
I took great pains to sculpt the fangs<\/p>\n
Today, I am the predator.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My prey wears a nice suit<\/p>\n
and now a bewildered expression<\/p>\n
as the plunger depresses<\/p>\n
and the insulin hits his veins.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
2 weeks ago I held J’s blue body<\/p>\n
he was stiff and his wife was screaming<\/p>\n
he couldn’t afford it, because suit had to make another billion<\/p>\n
and he fell in the kitchen while I was out<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He rolls over and screams<\/p>\n
padding at his sore arm<\/p>\n
and I look him in the eyes<\/p>\n
I am the predator today.<\/p>\n
I won’t look away.<\/p>\n
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