He is a tiny man
in a long muscular body

a little tyrant
suspiciously peering out at the world
past shadows cast
by his own intentions

a man of great capacity
for small cruelties.

She is a woman
who waits almost anxiously
for the voice of disapproval,
the fist of retribution

a mouse
in search of a cat

and as he watches her approach
he cannot help
but smack his lips.

01/03/2007

Posted on 01/04/2007
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