Antelope watch lions
bask in rays of sunlight
conscious this carnivore
delights in their diet
economic and clean
ferocious for red meat
gracious for daily bread
hungry for flesh and blood
ignorant to a fault
jolts of energy pulse
killers from their slumber
lions ready to score
majestically they rise
numbering only three
one male two female
perfect as a triad
queens hunt the antelope
relentless in pursuit
sitting pretty the king
takes in the whole terrain
under obligation
vehement in command
wields power to copulate
xerotripsis in heat
yawns as a swift maneless
zebra snorts at his maw
attempts to rise yet halts
blowing off easy prey
captive of lethargy
declines the chance to chase
elephants at sunset
flamingos at sunrise
giraffes until he fails
hunting one zero one
instructor to no cub
juveniles he recruits
kvetch like tefellin-clad
leather-bound ethicists
making abdication
noble in appearance
otherwise understood
pathetically as weak
quotidian lazy
roustabouts working on
sunning their tawny hides
treating all as subjects
under jurisdiction
voracious in his grace
whosoever crosses
xanthomelanous cats
yields whatever she seeks
zealous in devotion
attentive to the kill
begrudgingly beside
caesar as was his due
duty observed she ate
exactly her fair share
forgetting not her kin
giving her cubs torn flesh
hide from antelope hind
investing energy
judging from her physique
keeping svelte in figure
lionness bear the weight
matrilineal cubs
neophytes to warfare
oblivious to harm
pretend to hurt mother
querulous of unkind
resentment on the part
symbolically played by
the king of the litter
under no false pretense
vermin of the grassland
wont to become playthings
xylophilous by choice
yoked to a tree in fear
zoetic force death brings
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