Unleashed

We are caged animals

We are caged animals

Ears flat, lip curled back

A blind attack waiting to happen

We are savage nemeses

We are holy warriors

Red-eyed, throat clutched tight

A ringside cheer in a dirty fight

We are brazen animals

We enrage our enemies

With rousing elegies

Forthright, head held high

Shining knight in a losing battle

We are noble meddlers

We are gory foreigners

Newborn, careworn

Shorthorns in uniform

We are a fearsome pedigree

(And now we have a reason to howl, bound together, muzzle to jowl

Blood is thicker than desire, and the tide is rising.)