a solitary cloud patrols the sky

like the majestic black panther stalks the forest

it moves slow - my neck cranes to follow the sleek line

the moons halo gets big and hazy

as the panther creeps in for the kill

the mouth opens wide and reaches up to swallow the moon whole

i see the light slide down and grow dark

the dark the light of the world clamours after to fill

while the moon is digested the panther slinks away

the tail disperses first

the light of the moon pushes the animal open from the inside

the body becoming a lesion

torn apart from the lights of the earth reaching so high

feeding it's satellite

the panther is dying now

the sky swallows the cloud - the animal

as the lights of the world die down

like so many candles extinguished

once more the energy from the moon pushes down

pressing me hard into the earth

the looming black panther grips my throat with it's jaws

and my mouth opens wide and reaches up to swallow the moon whole