There was once
Something stunning
And fascinating
About the stretched neck
The open mouth
The steady stare
The quick strike
The chomp
The crunch
The breaking bones
And the quick quick end
Back behind the shed
In the pin
I remember tiny red-beaded eyes
And the smallest flaring nostrils
You Delilah
Wretched Delilah
And one baby
After another
After another
After another
Save a limb
It is the fifth sin
Playing on repeat
With a limiting shell
And nothing else