Hominid: all tooth and bone, <br /> <br />Eyes and claws, and raptor-gaze <br /> <br />Nimbly, as the vociferous brain <br /> <br />Strains the nomenclature'd day. <br /> <br /> <br />We suck the smoke in, never blinking, <br /> <br />Eyes not leaving the quarry's face; <br /> <br />For we are bloodlust, as defined- <br /> <br />While the irrelevant, we raze.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hominid/