<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class=""><font size="3" class="">velociraptor</font></span></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">she puts her clawed finger to her</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">terrifying lips & whispers</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">tell them</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">tell them predators</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">only hunt when hungry</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><i class=""></i><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">of course she means wild predators</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">not the domesticated cat</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">contaminated by human whim</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">when we’re hungry we hunt</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">when we’re successful we kill</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">when we kill we eat</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">then we’re not hungry</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">all our neighbors relax</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i class=""><font size="3" class="">we enjoy each other’s beauty</font></i></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><i class=""></i><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">she is light on her feet</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">the plodding protoceratops lifts his heart</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">seeing the speed of her dance </font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">across the plain</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">scents of grasses mingle</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">with the soft grinding of cretaceous teeth</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">the rumbling of digestion</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">heavy legs impressing the soil</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">bending the blades</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">the sun falls abundantly & warm</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">soft colors of skin undulating over muscles</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">scaled, feathered & fragrant </font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">everyone’s motions fascinate everyone’s eyes</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">a symphony of effort & repose</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">velociraptor rejoices</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">it’s a good day & all around are big & small bodies</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">breathing, singing praises of abundance & suspense</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">light on her feet she dances</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">light on her feet she entertains</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">she is entertained</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class="">not hunting</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font size="3" class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font><font size="3" class="">- Sandy Eastoak</font></div></body></html>