The bar for badassery
has been set
by 57-year-old Indian woman
Kalama Devi
widow and mother of one
who was cutting grass
with a sickle
then began walking
through a field
in the village
of Koti Badma
in the town
of Rudraprayag
when a leopard
suddenly pounced on her.
Armed only with the farm tool
she fought the animal
for about half an hour
until it gave up.
Meanwhile an indicted Rick Perry
his concealed-carry gun rights
now restricted for two years
imagines the time in 2010
he shot a coyote
with a pistol
and privately
hangs his head in shame.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
