busyThis is today's second freebie, courtesy of new prompters 
alicephilippa and Angel (by way of wyld_dandelyon ). I have always admired Komodo dragons.
Believe that there are dragons
and they will eat you if they can.
Their skin is tough and scaled,
proof against many weapons;
their terrible claws can rip through defenses
to disembowel their prey.
Even the tail is a formidable bludgeon.
Their bite is deadly,
fit to rot flesh from bone,
and they will track what they bite
until it dies.
They do not care about your virginity,
only your weight and whether
you will come near where they wait.
They eat pigs and deer,
huge water buffalo and heedless humans,
even each other -- anything
that strays within reach of their teeth.
The death lizards of Komodo
were christened "dragons"
because they are worthy of fear.
February 8 2012, 15:21:35 UTC 9 years ago
You're welcome!
February 8 2012, 20:00:16 UTC 9 years ago
By the way, T-rex appears in "Iconoclysm" with some other extinct totems; there's a brief description of that poem under the Fishbowl Open post. It may pop up later, as someone has expressed interest in sponsoring it.