Haiku

The beast, grunting and
slavering, circles his prey
as vultures gather

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Stinging insect
the rude messenger of an
uncertain climate

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The poet lays out
verses as the peacock spreads
his gaudy plumage

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Observing a doomed
effort, opportunity
to exploit or to aid

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A dream within a
dream, logic abstracted to
the final extreme