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Mystery Animal #13: Silent Thunder

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W e ' r e o n t h e r a m p a g e A d e a d l y s w a r m I n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y r a v a g i n g L i k e a d e s t r u c t i v e s t o r m B i v o u a c k i n g b y n i g h t A t t a c k i n g b y d a y W e p l u n d e r a n d p i l l a g e W h a t e v e r ' s i n o u r w a y W e m a y b e s m a l l B u t t h e r e ' s g r e a t s t r e n g t h i n n u m b e r s S o w e t e r r o r i z e o u r t e r r i t o r y L i k e s i l e n t T h u n d e r * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * We're on the rampage, a deadly swarm Indiscriminately ravaging, like a destructive storm Bivouacking by night, attacking by day We plunder and pillage whatever's in our way We may be small, but there's great strength in numbers So we terrorize our territory--like silent thunder! PHOTO INDEX OF POEMS NEXT POEM