When gazing into frigid lakes above the 66th parallel, where the elements will claw back a man's skin to reveal the cruel meat of his nature, one may sometimes see in the murk of those mercury waters, one looking back that one is not.
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I am the Great White Hunter who knows no trophy greater than my own soul.
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I am the Great Unbridled White Id who knows no greater pleasure in life than the death of others.
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I am the Alpha Wolf to the Omega Mother of Nature herself.
Who sits
Applause crushed
Into an endless dust
Of despair
By me …

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Oh,
I am your Christ.


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all illustrations copyright (c) John Keaveney & Fay Dalton, 2023