[Newspoetry] Washington, DC
Jonathan Bolick
jbolick at tntie.com
Tue Nov 5 11:15:12 CST 2002
Jungle
Time creaks slowly back to life
As the cheetahs have been trapped
The jungle creatures move cautiously,
Quietly, as if becoming unwrapped
They move with purpose and detail
As if they are on a mission
These jungle creatures have been in bondage
For the cheetahs were operating with precision
The cheetahs planned, stalked, preyed
For what seem to be forever and away
They killed indiscriminately, cunning
In jungle time, twenty-one plus one day
As this innocent jungle thirteen
Went about their daily lives
The cheetahs waited, watched, pounced,
Killed and wounded with only thirteen tries
The lions and tigers searched and hunted
Trying to bolster the jungle creature's courage
It seemed hopeless, useless, pointless
We must care for ourselves, they thought, discouraged
The lions and tigers pleaded with the cheetahs
You must stop this, let us agree
Help us meet your demands
Whatever they may be
All the while, the jungle creatures
Hear from there and yonder
Your cubs are not safe, anywhere
Anytime, not even with their father
Finally, as the hunt expanded
All across the jungle floor
As the lions and tigers had foretold
One of you may have to roar
And roar he did from the jungle
As he saw the cheetahs in slumber
Wait, stay there, watch over them
These evil creatures we want to outnumber
The lions and the tigers trounced the cheetahs
In the early jungle morning
The cheetahs were quite astonished
And relinquished with but warning
The cheetahs are captured, held
In the jungle's deepest cave
Kept there until the Lion King and court
Deduce either to kill or enslave
Yes, the jungle creatures move freely now
Upon whim and with vigor
Never will they forget, though
Those thirteen, killed or disfigured
The jungle creatures ponder in heart
How did we let this take place?
This is not the real question, though
Another time, other creatures, different place?
For in the jungle everywhere
There are cheetahs, good and evil
And if ever one takes up the cause
Our innocent jungle creatures will be beyond retrieval
(Dedicated to the shooting victims and the people in Washington, DC)
Jonathan Bolick
Lincolnton, NC
E-mail: jbolick at boloworks.com
Web: www.boloworks.com
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