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A dog runs after everything you throw
Not so, a tiger
A tiger runs for the throat
Of the person
Throwing
Good tiger
Smart tiger
I adore you
I run at you
Savage
Masticating
Carnal
If I rip you open
I will die
Barbara Tramonte teaches in the School for Graduate Studies at SUNY Empire State College.
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