July 1975
when i consider you being with another male
why my desire to maim, mutilate, and murder?
jealousy? maybe the desire to possess you?
perhaps some inherited hunter code
"fight and win or don't breed"
could the awareness of my immortal worth
manifested in arrogance, possibly supply my drive?
maybe, just maybe
wanting, needing someone
enough to kill for
to kill for the privilege
no, the right
to have her for my own
© J L M Conlin 1977