Survive The Jungle

Trophy Hunters

They came for the lions
one by one
Rifles slung over bare shoulders
Khaki coloured shorts
Exposing newly tanned legs.
Tense laughter and bon homie
mixed with anticipation at the thrill
of the chase
and the kill.
Cameras packed in pocketed bags ready for the post death pose and party
Fun all the way.

As for their prey
Regal beasts
Already struggling to survive
in their ever shrinking jungle
and dried out plains.
They, had no where to run
So bullets found them
robbing them of kingship
and breath and dignity.

One by one.