his name-

bold golden embroidery

across his regal leather jacket

over a ferocious mane

aviators held up over his grand beak

talons tucked into tawny gloves

his wide wingspan expanding across-

a righteous matching decal- the Griffin.

the Griffin, readied

roaring-

the spared prey gathered

heat pulsated from the runway

tearing the flesh from our bones

no one dared blink-

squawking-

than-

vanished.

for the feeding ground.