Out of Minnesota

Richard Attenborough

narrates

another documentary

A pride of lions

singles out

a member of the herd

You feel empathy

for the hunted

held by the neck

bleating until limp

and dead

Torn apart on screen

The camera turns

Cream-colored lions

with their cubs in the sun

bellies full

King of the Serengeti

admires his children

frolicking in the sun

You watch

a Rudyard Kipling ending

where the herd

rises up

tramples hunters

into dark earth

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