Mesopredator

[rowens]

Mesopredator

high
on a haughty perch
watching
knowing the Art
of War



high on haughty
perch
watching knowing
the Art
of War





 
enigmatic
tail twitching 
hiding
what lies
behind
darting eyes
 
labelled aloof
demanding
attention spurning
affection
a turn and a bite,
 
but conviction
the heart lacks
teeth
failing
to find purchase
 
betraying
we play 
predator
feeling like prey



That's a mode of line-breakage to explore. Folding the meanings.