There be panthers
\nwhere the broken wood collects.
\nAlong the stream bank,
\nalong the slime.
\nThere be silence
\nwhere they cough and speak,
\nand no one sees them,
\nblack as coal,
\nbroken as the rock face
\nand the bones thereon.
\nThere be panthers
\nthat hunt the world,
\nand take a truth
\nin the prey that feeds them,
\nthat they are pets
\nof noble inclination,
\nuntil one day,
\nthe hand that fed them,
\ndisappears without a trace
\nof its remains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There be panthers where the broken wood collects. Along the stream bank, along the slime. There be silence where they cough and speak, and no…<\/p>\n