POETRY

To Kill the Tiger Who Stole Your Cub

Is your revenge justifiable?

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Do you bulldoze the garden bed
to find the slug who ate your leaf?
Do you poison the river
to catch the eel?

Your anger. Your bombs. Your explosions.
Your hurt ignites an inextinguishable flame
so fiery, it…