THE AFRICAN WILD DOG

Remembering a slain alumni.

Donning sable spots on buff hearts:

With all the resolve an’ brutality 

They pursue their prey;

Stopping at nothing but the quarry’s 

Last gasp for a breath 

They’re the pillaging African wild dogs:

So unflagging in the heart an’ rigid on feet

The ultimate hecklers of 

He who stitches for others, 

The one who gets lost along the way

They’re the invincible African wild dogs:

In deadly packs an’ persistent in manner 

They grip their prey an’ rip it apart:

Preferring the budding an’ the hapless  

That’s how they are; ferocious! 

The resolute African wild dogs:

Heartless an’ inexorable, though 

Oft their kill in no time they devour whole 

Or a hunk excruciatingly torn off alive  

Such ruthlessly merciless, so they are! 

The cold-hearted African wild dogs:

A time pinned down with an ample boulder 

Or other piece of equally sound weight

For now, the frenzy snappings an’ snarling 

Render fleeting peace in the mottled hearts of theirs

Devouring an’ feasting like they do

On the now putrefying sworn enemy!