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Nouns- coyotes, upgrades, city-slicker, home

Verbs- swamped, blurred, compete

Adverb- meticulously, quickly, brutally

Adjective- underground, eccentric, dramatic

Interjection- ka-bang!

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By Dan Crisler

Home

Where the coyotes live

Selfish, greedy, needy

Coyotes

But meticulous

When they spot upgrades

Be it clothes, food, or luxuries

Nothing goes unnoticed

Every man for himself

Quickly

They pounce

Tussle, scratch, brutalize

Each other

Compete

For best position

Brutal dramatics unfold

Ka-bang!

Goes the metal pot against a skull

One lies in a heap

The others

Swamp to where he once was

Another seizes an opportunity

Blurred past the others

And seized the ultimate prize

A ring

Belonging to an eccentric city-slicker

The others gave chase

But alas

It was not to be

For the chosen one fled

To the underground

Where no one can find him

This is

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