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Tiger

Blood of victims slain before dye slashes 
of red across the solemn warrior,
Soaks through the white,
Relinquishing the rage of attack,
White fear surrounded, singed to black, 
eaten by fire ignited by blood.
Raped with eyes blinded from thick crimson,
The soul tossed squalling into emptiness.
The red warmth softening the brittle blades
below,
Fearing the fire that besieges,
Leaving the soul to flee,
The tiger. Its heat roars from the glowing
fire of his glorious blood-stained fur,
Vanishing into summer grasslands,
It dives face first into the warmth of the
defenseless, teeth cleaving,claws tearing,
Searching for the soul that left him at the
dawn of the fire.

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