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The Smell of Wolves (Free verse) by rusty
I was raised by women;
so like any pure bred wolf
I know the sweetness of blood.
I've learned to roll on my back
while offering my soft stomach
when rank is pulled around me.
These subtleties within a pack
control my fangs of destruction.
I've pointed towards the moon
in brief moments of energy,
but find my quickness of force
shadowed by a separate nature.
It is in these darkened states
that my desperation is consumed
by a limitation in domestic pride.
Yet I wouldn't trade this status
for my station offers avenues
far more tangible then position
and I find that learning to bend,
and yield, in just the right way,
is the true mastery of strength.
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