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Hyena

3-25-2025

By Ellie HoovsPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hyena
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Who bewitched you

into thinking of me

as feeble

easy

prey?

You dug a grave

in preparation

with cruel intentions

as your shovel

AMBUSH!

You laughed,

cackling,

as you licked the blood

from the lips

of your wide open

sharp-toothed

jaw.

Ambivalent...

You discarded what was

Left of me

at the dinner table

...alone.

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Ellie Hoovs

Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.

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    Written by Ellie Hoovs