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The Trophy Hunter

by Mickey 

Posted: 28 March 2008
Word Count: 101
Summary: I saw the body of a deer at the side of the road with its head cleanly removed
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Why did you have to cut off his head?
This beautiful creature lying here dead.
Wouldn’t a photo’ have done you instead?
Why did you have to cut off his head?

Why did you have to cut off his head?
Did you look in his eyes? Did you see his dread?
Did it make you feel good as his life force bled?
Why did you have to cut off his head?

Why did you have to cut off his head?
Are his antlers pathetically spread
on a wall overlooking your filthy bed?
Why did you have to cut off his head?






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James Graham at 16:29 on 30 March 2008  Report this post
Excellent. Another contribution to our rhyming verse season! This is an on-the-spot reaction to the work of the despicable trophy-hunter, and it loses none of its spontaneity. It reads as if it’s being said out loud, indignantly, right there and then. The process of turning a spontaneous feeling into verse can sometimes take the wind out of its sails - but not in this case.

In another scenario, I imagine the culprit being tracked down, tied to a chair, and made to listen to this - right up to the final insult: ‘Your filthy bed’. That’s a nice touch. Even if his bed isn’t actually filthy, his moral sense is grotty.

James.
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Mickey at 17:30 on 30 March 2008  Report this post
Thank you James. Yes it was written as a spontaneous reaction. I'm not an animal lover by any stretch of the imagination, but this was the first time I'd ever seen a deer with its head removed. It's always sad to see accidental 'road kill' of wild animals, but I was (for me)strangely outraged at this act of savagery. It wouldn't have been so bad if the carcass had been taken for its meat.
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