Irony of Life
From under the brush comes a rabbit.
It is followed by the hunter.
Where to run it doesn't know,
Away from the babies is pure instinct
To lure the hunter from the hunted
A swift motion of mouth and the hunter grabs it.
After a moment the hunter stiffens,
A scent in the air tells the hunter about is another.
The hunter is unsure of which way to go,
In a moment the hunter is snared
And the hunter became the hunted.
Thus is the irony of life.
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Submitted on September 09, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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