Sympathy
for the Manticore
With
its human head,
Magnificent
mane
Yellow,
golden brown,
Its
strength and courage,
The
mighty manticore
Still
can’t help but destroy Itself,
Because that's what scorpions do.
Gil Hoy
Gil Hoy is a Boston
poet and trial lawyer who studied poetry at Boston University through
its Evergreen program. Hoy received a B.A. in Philosophy and Political
Science from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown
University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He
served as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for four terms.
Hoy’s poetry has appeared (or will be appearing) most recently
in Chiron Review, Ariel Chart, Social Justice Poetry,
Poetry24, Right Hand Pointing/One Sentence Poems, The Penmen Review, I am not a
silent poet, Clark Street Review and The New Verse News.
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