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| "These Stripes" |
| author: Brian Powell |
I got this stripe at birth
This one after the kill
This one at top speed
And this one by my will
These were earned in battle
These came with loss
These I got from father
And these stripes are false
I earned these stripes for winter
I earned these stripes for fall
And these I earned on completion
Of my first set of claws
Stripes coat my tail
Stripes coat my feet
These stripes I will share
With all the tigers that I meet
With my stripes I struggle
With my stripes I thrive
But the deepest stripe of all
Is the one that says I survive |
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