Mountain Lion



They have                               
gone to the nature store
and brought back
a Lion

        in a box
                         as big as a man

       it is sitting
                in the garage

as Pahn reads
         the instructions
he begins to worry

“You’re lion will always eat what he kills in the same place”

“Be sure you have chosen a location where it is OK for the
remains of the kill to lie”

He imagines                       
the neighbor children
      or the cats and dogs

            He has grave concerns                   
about his purchase

While Aiks
           is setting up       
the water purifier

          Pahn goes inside                   
to do research
on felines
  


Soon Aiks runs in         
annoyed
and disdainful

                                                          saying                                                                  
“Daphnis
                                              has let the lion out of the box”

Pahn runs out  
                  terrified
                               and angry

and scolds Daphnis
                               trying to impress upon him
                                  the danger

     But the lion                                
is only a kitten

needing restraint
                    only for its own protection
   against cars
           and strangers

Aiks                                                        
 grabs it                                          
           by the neck                               
not gently
        holding it down                             
on the garage floor

        changing its diaper                        
     as it becomes
primal
and hairless

                     growing in sex

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Some of these poems originally appeared in the following publications

Avocet
Dream International Quarterly
mojo risin'
The Muse Apprentice Guild (The MAG)
Transfer

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