Fair Game ( to Cat )
Absorbing into my body a thing off a tree
I am as much a predator as you who leave On the threshold of my advanced and intricate nest Another half-chewed bloody creature, Proof of your equality with me. In fact, superior - I cannot consume raw blood, bone, fur, feather; My meat is twice-killed with knife and fire, I share with your flying prey a taste and need For safety; the free gift; the sweet wet death-wish Bribing thieves to pass without violation And carry life for the tree. The vulnerable use me. You have the advantage, little beast, my solace. I am allowed to share your residence; I cannot choose To warm my lap with you, only accept Your own usage of me as a bed as I eat pears And remember, as we in fear have learned to remember, That your sire would have killed mine in the forest. |