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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TIGER OF DESIRE; VILLANELLE, by TOM MACINNES Poet's Biography
First Line: Starving, savage, I aspire
Last Line: I am the tiger of desire!
Subject(s): Desire
First Line: Starving, savage, I aspire
Last Line: I am the tiger of desire!
Subject(s): Desire
Starving, savage, I aspire
To the red meat of all the World:
I am the Tiger of Desire!
With teeth bared, and claws uncurled,
By leave o' God I creep to slay
The innocent of all the World.
Out of the yellow, glaring day,
When I glut my appetite,
To my lair I slink away.
But in the black, returning night
I leap resistless on my prey,
Mad with agony and fright.
The quick flesh I tear away,
Writhing till the blood is hurled
On leaf and flower and sodden clay.
My teeth are bared, my claws uncurled,
Of the red meat I never tire;
In the black jungle of the World
I am the Tiger of Desire!
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