Animal Verses

Shoot and still
is butchery and preservation
an ‘animal’ exercise
defended as ‘need’ ;
no questions asked
none given
by victim
mis-identified as ‘mute’,
but shoot and still
is also ‘another animal’ pursuit
bloodless and silent
another without-permission
beyond Q&A thing
that tempers other lusts
and,
in rare moments,
speaks of movement
and survival
defiance and freedom
of eminent uncapturability.  

[Inspired by the photography of Dr. Lalith Ekanayake]

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