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I keep thinking about the lion who could pull down a buffalo alone But when they shot him with a tranquilizer dart And weighed him in a canvas sling He weighed only 400 pounds. Too small to ever win a pride He ended as a pile of bleaching bone He died as he hunted – alone.
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May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017 at 6:27 PM UTC
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I keep thinking about the lion who could pull down a buffalo alone But when they shot him with a tranquilizer dart And weighed him in a canvas sling He weighed only 400 pounds. Too small to ever win a pride He ended as a pile of bleaching bone He died as he hunted – alone.
david-hill
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May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017 at 6:27 PM UTC
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