<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367515" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Shadow in the Jungle</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The panther chose to bide his time<br>Though hunger churned inside...<br>He had to plan the perfect crime, <br>Yet not because of pride...<br>He had one chance and that was all, <br>One chance to feast today, <br>One slip up now and in the brawl<br>His meal would flee away...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If panthers prayed, who would be safe? <br>Yet panthers say no prayers...<br>But they've got hopes instead of faith, <br>For joys and not despairs...<br>Yet each must hunt to gain the prize, <br>To pounce when times are right, <br>Before their victims realise<br>And like the birds take flight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The panther gulped, the time was near...<br>His soft paws eased ahead...<br>And gone was every trace of fear<br>And dead all trace of dread.<br>What happened next, God only knows...<br>You see, I looked no more.<br>No longer crouching still, I rose...<br>And turned, Fate to ignore...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(July 2011/The poem is based on the <br>magnificent painting by Stephen Gayford <br>called 'Shadow In The Jungle'.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367515" data-title="Shadow in the Jungle de Denis Martindale" data-description="The panther chose to bide his time Though hunger churned inside... He had to plan the perfect crime, Yet not because of pride... He had one chance and that was all, One chance to feast today, One slip up now and in the brawl His meal would flee..."></div> </div> </div>

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