i'm sure i've never been a deer; <br />not buck, nor fawn, nor yearling doe. <br />i may have been a cat, perhaps, <br />but nothing quite so tame as that <br />small tribe of cloven hooves just there. <br />i'm sure i've never been a deer. <br /> <br />i'm close to positive at least, <br />i've never been so docile - tame <br />as those soft creatures walking by; <br />timidity, their alibi <br />and camoflage. such gentle beasts. <br />to my ferocious mind, - a feast!<br /><br />moon batchelder<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-m-sure-i-ve-never-been-a-deer/
