"But you don't understand," said the man with the gun
to the doe with the velvety buff coat.
"I will save you from starvation. I will pray for a clean kill
and give thanks to the universe
for opportunity to shed your blood."
"Thank you, sir," she replied.
"but all the same, I think I would prefer to live."
~Patti Rodgers, 1997
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