A poem in five verses about a jaguar, for @caasiaxort.bsky.social
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He overcomes his prey in single bound:
his weight bears down, his sturdy muscled trunk
requires meat for satisfaction, meat
for sustenance-- for longing-- pleasure, too.
«Τέκνον, τί κλαίεις; τί δέ σε φρένας ἵκετο πένθος; ἐξαύδα, μὴ κεῦθε νόῳ, ἵνα εἴδομεν ἄμφω.»