Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Satisfaction

I'd like to borrow your senses,
sight and smell.
What is coffee, or a kiss
by the time you're done with it?

My darling hyena, short of ass but blessed in jaw,
it's hard to tell what sex you are,
except for your feminine tendency
to make docile grass-eaters think they ran right into your maw.

Oh how we laughed over that, until, honey,
you noticed I have no spots, but brought the pride on every side.
_____

"Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought her back."

For Kerry's mini-challenge at Real Toads.

Image from weheartit.com
 

13 comments:

  1. That whole second stanza is priceless (I wonder how many know that female hyenas dominate the pack?) This reminds me of those amazing animalist poems you wrote a while back, which featured African cats.
    There is a wonderful sense of rhyme in the poem, which never feels forced but entirely natural and lends a great cadence throughout.

    I know micro poetry is not your favourite thing, so I thank you for taking on this challenge.

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  2. That image of a hyena is quite for from animal planet.. yet it bring to mind all those images I have seen (and quite a few I can only imagine)..

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  3. You have certainly sparked my interest for hyneas, i remember their bad attitude in The Lion King, a movie i truly enjoyed

    Have a beautiful Sunday

    MUCH love...

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  4. "Short of ass but blessed in jaw." How cool is that?

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  5. Some really acerbic, priceless lines in this, especially the second line--but really, aren't all we felines...er, I mean females, hyenas at heart? Unless of course, we have had the mischance to become prey. Love.

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  6. You write in a class all your own. And how we love it!!!!!

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  7. I envy cats of all sizes and stripes for their senses (though I'm frightened of the hyena's laugh). Here you turn the tables on the hyena with some satisfaction. It even makes ME happy!

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  8. Acerbic and witty, but more than that, maybe true---

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  9. You "brought the pride on every side" Shay







    ALOHA
    ComfortSpiral

    (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_(")

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  10. Oh, wonderful - and I particularly like the understated menace in the ending.

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  11. You have the best imagination!

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Spirit, what do you wish to tell us?