Execution — a cutting-off from what was recently whole,
The dividing of it into parts and shards,
The liquidation by the predatory of the free,
Peaceful showdowns will not help.

The savanna’s sympathy — pleasure from the show,
Neither elephant nor hippopotamus
Will stand up for the victim.
Nobody is interested in putting themselves out,
Horns that screw in between the ribs —
That is true salvation for the herds.

The lion is hungry, but the bull
Also wants to live.
If not him, then who
Is to defend himself and his own?