Research: Journals
The Journal
Issue 32.1
Grr
by Hailey Leithauser
Now here is the hard grasp,
the grammar and grand cant
of hunger in anger.
Listen and hear
its hair-raising
purr, the stiff pull
of each bristle
enthralling both
beast and mindful
beast-listener.
Feel the neck and spine
steel-trigger, how mind
dry-fires, rigging
to ritual its
visceral answer,
the once demure throat
unearthing its boast,
its utmost riposte.
