In His Nature

 

 It is in his nature to shoot songbirds out of the sky,

                                               to enjoy that moment

when a bird’s flight becomes sheer fall by his hand.

It is in his nature to take pleasure in another’s pain;

    he can contemplate with satisfaction the damage

                        he might wreak with a broken bottle.

                       It is in his nature to be power-hungry,

 to gain a position in which to indulge his pleasures;

                         relentlessness is part of his violence.