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I donno.
I need a little more information
about this lion first.
What did he do
to make the Poacher shoot him?
Did he look the Poacher in the eye
and roar,
causing him to fear for his life?
After he was shot with a crossbow,
and began bleeding out,
why did he run away?
What did he have to hide?
Perhaps he had some weed
in his system?
And where did he get that fancy mane?
Did he steal it?
My advice to all lions would be this:
Get jobs, start paying taxes;
Take care of your cubs;
Clean up your habitats.
Start showing a little more respect
for authority.
Next time a Poacher approaches you,
remember he might be having a bad day.
He paid 50,000 of his hard-earned money
to shoot you. Stop hassling him.
Stop being a lion.
Try being a lamb.
Jen Hinton is a writer and college administrator living in Chicago, IL. Her previous TheNewVerse.News poem "Something for Harvey" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.