His howls pervaded the once tranquil house.

The tomcat echoed alerts of the prized game

helplessly dangling from his dribble lips

before bestowing the scaly offering at my feet.

The tomcat echoed alerts of the prized game

with an unmatched, unwavering confident stride

as he bestowed the scaly offering at my feet, but the

captured lizard was confined by a pair of merciless eyes.

But his unmatched, unwavering confidence led

the skittering reptile to squeeze out of his soft paws.

The once captured lizard confined by a pair of merciless eyes

desperately claiming his natural freedoms once again.