3 to 4 meter long man-eaters
Ancient offspring of the dinosaurs
True survivors of mass extinction
They are ambush predators
Waiting in the shallows
With senses so attuned
They can tell from your footsteps
Vibrating through the earth into water
Exactly how far away and where you are
Though they are still dumb animals
Tempted for tourists by pieces of meat
Hauled out on lines into the lagoon
Still sudden death is intimated
By the earnest guide who has come close
To losing limbs or digits once or twice
Once fed they settle back into the ooze
To produce more wallets, burgers
And high price handbags
Though their forbears out there
Might bristle at the misuse
© shaun patrick green 2012
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