Friday, December 06, 2013

639 : Once a jackal


Once a Jackal.

The jackal,
A street fighter,
A brawler,
Cunning,
Conniving,
Sly as they come,
With awkward gait
And imitation smile,
Hunting
As a pack,
Can bring down 
A leopard.

But
A Jackal
Will always
Be a jackal.

And
A leopard
Will always
Be a leopard.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013
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7 comments:

  1. The leopard is a noble creature.The jackal is a vermin feeder. Just because the leopard cannot change its spots does not mean it is unable to demolish every single jackal eventually by picking them off one at a time.

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  2. Hence the term here in the USA, a jackal lantern. What? That's not it?

    I was once lucky to see a leopard - it was in the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania. The guide was very excited, he said there had been a biologist in the crater for 3 years looking but who had never seen one, and here she was. ~

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    1. No, no, no!
      Re the leopard: well spotted.

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    2. My ex is like that myopic biologist .....can't see the leopards for the spots!

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  3. Both have their uses. But I know which I prefer.

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  4. and i will always be me, and you will always be you, happy holidays...

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