Friday, 27 April 2018

Human Shrews

PICTURE THE MIGHTY SHREW,
A TINY RODENT WHO REQUIRES
THREE TIMES IT’S BODY WEIGHT
IN FOOD EACH 24 HOUR DAY,

THIS MAKES IT LESS FEARFUL
AND MORE VICIOUS THAN ANY
MAMMAL CLOSE TO ITS SIZE,

LIKE SOME HUMAN INFANTS +
CHILDREN WHO NEED MORE
CALORIES PER DAY THAN MOST
KIDS THE SAME WEIGHT,

BUT UNLIKE THE SHREW WE
KNOW ON EARTH,

IMAGINE A SHREW THAT LIVES IN
MULTI-GENERATIONAL COLONIES,
SMART, STRONG, FAST, DETERMINED,
EXISTING AMONG OTHER OF THE
SAME ESSENCE, PROUD TO BE
A PART OF A POWERFUL COMMUNITY
THAT PROTECTED ALL OF ITS BABIES,
GANGED UP AND ATE ALL INTRUDERS,
AND FOUGHT FOR ITS LIFE AND WOULD
FIGHT ANYTHING TO THE DEATH;
THEN LET THIS ENTITY BE PLAYFUL…

IMAGINE THIS HUNGRY,
HUNGRY LITTLE BEAST
ONE DAY DISCOVERS AN
OVERABUNDANCE OF VERY
SPECIAL FOODS
AND GROWS TO
THE SIZE OF A
MONGOOSE,

A GREAT BIG SHREW,
A TALLER HEAVIER,
SMARTER, STRONGER,
FASTER MAMMAL,

A SOLO HUNTER WITH A
CONNECTION TO POSITIVE
COMMUNITY ENERGY,
DWELLING IN MULTI-
GENERATIONAL COLONIES,

AND CONTINUES GROWING
UP TO THE SIZE OF THE
MIGHTY PUMA, THE LION
OF THE MOUNTAINS, A
SOLO HUNTER, YET LIVING IN
COLONIES OF SOLO HUNTERS,

WOW, AND SO GIFTED WITH
ASSETS DENIED THE PACK
PREDATOR, WHO MUST LIVE
IN A HIERARCHY MAINTAINED

THROUGH STRINGENT
PROGRAMMING OF PUPPIES,
WHO WOULD RATHER RUN
WILD AND CHASE EVERYTHING
IN SIGHTTHAN LIVE IN A
STRUCTURE WHERE ONE
LEADER STRUTS WITH TAIL
IN THE AIR, WHILE OTHERS’
TAILS BOB UP AND DOWN,
DEPENDING ON WHO THEY’RE
AROUND;


THE POOR CANINE BRAIN IS BORN
WITH THE EYES CROSSING AT SOME
POINT IN FRONT OF THE FACE, A
BRAIN THAT CAN HEAR PERIMETER
SOUNDS WHEN FOCUSSED IN FRONT,
LIKE THOSE GOLFERS AND TENNIS
PLAYERS,
OR ANYONE WHO CANNOT
CLEAR THEIR MECHANISM THAT
ALLOWS FOR THE DEAFNESS TO
SURROUNDING SOUND, LIKE THE
TEAM SPORTSPERSON WHO CAN
IGNORE PERIPHERAL NOISES
WHILE EYES ARE LOCKED IN
CONCENTRATION;



IMAGINE THE MIGHTY SHREW
GROWING THROUGH MONGOOSE
SIZE TO MOUNTAIN LION SIZE,
AND STILL GROWING, AND
DESTINED SOME DAY TO
STAND UP ON ITS BACK
LEGS, STRONGER SMARTER,
FASTER, FAR MORE VICIOUS,
CLEVER, CUNNING, ABLE TO
SEE FAR AND YET PICK UP
PERIPHERAL ACTIVITY,
HAVING EARNED THE
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE WARDENS OF
THEIR ENVIRONMENT;



BORN TO PROTECT ALL BABIES,
ABLE TO GANG UP ON INTRUDERS
CREATE AN INVIABLE PERIMETER,
AN AMINAL WITH AN ATTRACTION
TO TURMOIL,
AND THE INATE DESIRE TO BE THE
FIRST TO FACE DANGER, AND THE
SUPERIORITY ISSUES THAT COMES
WITH BEING ABLE TO FIGHT FOR

ITS LIFE TILL IT WAS DEAD…

No comments:

Post a Comment