coyote
tried to take
a girl
sunk his teeth
in to that girlflesh
and ran
shot dead
by the cops
in less than a day
strange
that we are
judge
jury
executioner
lawmaking
legislating
binding
animals to our humanity
when they know
nothing
of our lives
the girl lived
bearing the mark of teeth
forever
the coyote perished
for human vanity
revenge
reciprocity
Nov 20, 2018
Nov 20, 2018 at 11:21 AM UTC
coyote
tried to take
a girl
sunk his teeth
in to that girlflesh
and ran
shot dead
by the cops
in less than a day
strange
that we are
judge
jury
executioner
lawmaking
legislating
binding
animals to our humanity
when they know
nothing
of our lives
the girl lived
bearing the mark of teeth
forever
the coyote perished
for human vanity
revenge
reciprocity
i just find it really strange that we drive animals out of their homes, give them no replacement, take them nowhere else, just leave them to fend for themselves in the middle of suburban developments and then expect them not to do what animals do and try to get food any way they can. there's nothing okay about a wild animal trying to eat a child but i think the PD's resources could have gone to better use than killing that coyote.
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