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The Last Nittany Lion


Wandering alone

atop Mount Nittany

his claws long retracted

his teeth filed down

 

The last of his breed

once reigning so proudly

his lair far distant

no food to be found

 

Strange noises her hears

far off to the West

in the canyon of beavers

a struggle beset

 

He knows that this Winter

most likely his last

the future reclaiming

—a glorious past

 

(Lemont Pennsylvania: November, 2023) 

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