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# Feeding the Lion
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/feeding-the-lion/
- Published: 2022-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: when they said: come feed the lion I was proud, I won't be lying and I got there at 1:30 nice big cage, a little dirty feed what food, I asked the crew oh, they said, the food is you
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

when they said: come feed the lion  
I was proud, I won't be lying  
and I got there at 1:30  
nice big cage, a little dirty  
feed what food, I asked the crew  
oh, they said, the food is you

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