What do you call a creature
with antlers that gore human flesh
yet rests on such an innocent face?With fangs where sober teeth should lie
dining on the misery of its kin-folk
rejoicing at every morsel of misery?….so oft, I call it mankind
©Vivian Zems
Real Toads- Artistic Interpretation
Image:
Toril Fisher Fine Art
July 12, 2018 at 6:47 pm
That last line is a powerful statement of truth!!! ❤
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July 13, 2018 at 7:18 am
Thank you 😊
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July 12, 2018 at 6:58 pm
I really loved this
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July 13, 2018 at 7:17 am
Thank you 😊
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July 12, 2018 at 7:01 pm
I think “man-kind,” is the “kind” of which you speak. But it does remind me, of a writing group I attended, and the last write, one of the participants, was writing alone in a room by herself, and there appeared at the window a deer like the image in the photo. It was all a bit of magic. Eariler in this writing group, I wrote a piece about my Son’s death, and when asked to read, as I sat there in tears, a woodpecker, was at the window, tapping and tapping, as though he was asking to come in, I didn’t know as it was happening behind me…..life can be such a mystery and full of gifts.
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July 13, 2018 at 7:16 am
A wonderful story. Strange things happen to remind us there’s more to this world than one can see.
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July 12, 2018 at 7:28 pm
Having got to know the deer that visit my garden, you are so right about MANkind!
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July 13, 2018 at 5:34 am
We really are quite vicious ….. and no offence to the deers!
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July 12, 2018 at 10:23 pm
Know thine enemy, eh?
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July 13, 2018 at 7:13 am
Indeed!
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July 13, 2018 at 2:54 am
kaykuala
so oft, I call it mankind
Yes, mankind has been known to be all things bad and still are. The strong and powerful reign supreme at the expense of the helpless! A good twist Vivian!
Hank
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July 13, 2018 at 5:33 am
Thanks Hank!
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July 13, 2018 at 3:00 am
Nice writing, Vivian, scary in the ranges of “man”kind. Can be so terribly nice and sociable or terribly horrid.
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July 13, 2018 at 7:14 am
Absolutely!
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July 13, 2018 at 7:15 am
Thank you 😊
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July 13, 2018 at 5:01 am
True. Man is not very kind, really.
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July 13, 2018 at 7:14 am
Exceedingly wicked
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July 13, 2018 at 10:32 am
So true !!!!
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July 13, 2018 at 11:06 am
Indeed!
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July 13, 2018 at 10:37 am
Wow! This make a huge impact, Viv.
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July 13, 2018 at 10:38 am
makes/made… sorry about the typo
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July 13, 2018 at 11:05 am
Thanks, Kerry!
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July 13, 2018 at 2:11 pm
A powerful piece!
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July 14, 2018 at 12:51 am
Thanks Jo!
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July 13, 2018 at 7:20 pm
Humankind. Bah. We are killing ourselves and our home. The last two lines of this says it all.
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July 14, 2018 at 7:52 am
Indeed- so sad. Thanks Toni!
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July 15, 2018 at 11:38 pm
Oh that last line…powerful. Some humans are such vicious animals.
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July 16, 2018 at 7:21 am
Aren’t they just?
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July 16, 2018 at 7:21 am
Thank you 😊
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July 17, 2018 at 8:42 pm
I don’t see the deer/antlers as harming humans unless otherwise provoked. I also don’t mind eating meat – although we humans eat way too much of it. I do have trouble seeing animals that we eat – prefer the grocery store … but perhaps it is far healthier to be closer to what we eat – we would respect it far more I think. I know a family that names their cattle and then butcher them and eat them. And they truly give thanks. Same with their chickens.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:44 pm
Quite a thought there! I appreciate your comment.
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