I am death on four paws
I have no smell and no race
My food is meat in the raws
I’m not betrayed by a trace.
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I’m not in danger to go extinct
My color protects me in every case
I solely live on my own instinct
I have a territory, not a personal space.
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I’m a silent lethal danger,
I’m always hidden and calm
I can’t be discovered by some stranger
when I approach you, say your last psalm.
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My prey is often bigger than me
but I’m smart and I’m strong
Your size it can’t save you, you’d see
don’t believe to outrun me, you are dead wrong.
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I do exist from Canada in the North
through the Americans all the way
in the Andes in the south and so forth
where I am I always find my prey.
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I’m gorgeous and secret I sneak on silent sole,
respect me, I’m hidden and I don’t feel shame
I’m not by many names, but I’m no evil soul
Call me Moutain Lion, Puma or Cougar – and it is my name.
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(Copyright: Aurora Jean Alexander, February 2020)
