Hyenidae

• Artist: Celtic zombie-kitten
• Description: It's a symbolic poem comparing the "evolution" of my personality with the evolution of different species of hyenas.
  cave hyena (crocuta spelea) = before I knew who I was
  spotted hyena (crocuta crocuta) = when I thought I was in love
  striped hyena (hyenae hyenae) = when I realized I was me
  aardwolf (proteles cristata) = when I stopped giving a s**t and started living
  
  This poem goes with my avatar entry: http://www.gaiaonline.com/arena/gaia/original-avatar/vote/?entry_id=102641499#title
  
• Date: 01/14/2012
• Tags: hyena wolf evolution extinct symbolic

Crocuta spelea, she pumps in my blood,

heart pounds, legs pound, lungs pound,

mind is silent.

Silent as the Death it mates with.

Stronger than Lupus dirus,

yet weaker with each passing evolution.



She sighs, she dies.



Crocuta crocuta is born.

She squats in the mud and feels the pulse.

The Pulse, the Pulse, the pulse in her paws.

Running again, that lively crocuta

stumbles on again with each passing evolution.



And howling to the moon, pass the breath of Lupus dirus.



No canine claw had matched her pace

'til Canis lupus took his place

along the side of Hyenae hyenae streaked,

just trying to keep up with each passing evolution.



Now dying, fading, smaller, Canis lupus is.

almost. no more.



And Proteles cristata

takes the throne of high school drama.

She shudders and devolves

into a human teenage girl.

Comments

[Celtic zombie-kitten]

Thankx for your kind comment, rainseed! ~(OuO)~ emotion_bigheart

[rainseed]

Yay, good job... very deep; loved the symbolism. I took it as a literal time lapse at first mirroring evolution which threw me for a curve ball when I got to the end about the teenage girl. I was glad to see you put an explanation in your comment because then it really gave it depth after reading it a second time <3