Mystery Animal #18: Tai
May I sing you a love song
My devotion is complete
From my wrinkly bald head
To my talon-sharp feet
Oh my darling, darling sweet!
I will search for you
Search far and wide for you
For you and only you
My darling, darling sweet!
I will soar for you
Soar far and high for you
Circling the sky for you
For you and only you
My darling, darling sweet!
And once you've caught my eye
I will descend for you
Descend from the highest vantage
For nothing can distract me
From you and only you
My darling, darling sweet!
And when I have descended
I will contend for you
Even with ferocious beasts
Whether lions or hyenas
I will contend for you
Nothing shall impede my appetite for you
For you and only you
My darling, darling sweet!
Then, to express my overwhelming joy at having found you
My delight and my prize
I will dance for you
I will skip and lunge and flap for you
The ballet macabre I will dance with my kin over you
Over you and only you
My darling, darling sweet!
And, at last, when we meet
I will sing to you
My devotion is complete
For once you've bitten the savanna dust
You're nothing to me but meat
My darling, darling meat!
So sweet
Let's eat!!
(My devotion is complete.)
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