Tuesday 22 August 2023

THE IMPROBABILITY

.THE IMPROBABILITY

There was
A loud growl
And I being 
Alone
Took fright 

Glancing
About me
I found
A place
Secure
And there
I hid!

I stopped 
My loud
Breathing
For fear
It would
Reveal
Me...

As I held
My breath
The growl
Came again
From
Right beside
Me
I'd say.

By now
It was 
Dark out
And the
Streetlight
Played
Tricks
With my 
Eyesight!

I sweated
And shivered
At the same time
I didn't 
Want to
Be prey
To the growling
One.

I prayed
In the dark...
As I
Another growl
Heard...
I realized I
Was
Starving...

Then it dawned
On my
Silly head
The growling
Was
Coming from
Mt empty 
Tummy!

For where
In the world
Would a
Tiger be
Doing in
A city?

        FREDERIKA MENEZES 

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