In Totality

Hyena

Hyena.

Stout, furry thing;

the Al Paquas

of Feliformia.

Very interesting, the

Hyena.

In much of the world

he is abused.

Hyena

is looked upon

with scorn,

with malice.

Dogs chase him,

predator becoming prey,

Hyena

stripped of his honor.

Like a crippled soldier

returned home from war,

he is rejected,

Hyena.

Men speak of

Hyena

in their tall tales,

spinning lies.

Yet through all this,

the hate, the abuse,

Hyena

holds his head high;

And all

Hyena

does is throw

back his head and laugh.

Hyena

laughs the

laugh of

a broken man.

A pitiful

and wretched

shrill screech

his voice becomes.

Because

Hyena

knows that he

is not wanted.

But he knows

that he must

keep moving, looking.

For that is what he is meant to do.

Hyena.

Rejected, abused thing.

The forgotten wanderer

of Feliformia.