Wolverine

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WOLVERINE

If you found a wolverine in the wild

Caught in a leg hold trap

In great pain and dying

And you sedated it

Brought it home

Dressed the wounds

Tenderly fed and cared for

The wolverine

With great compassion

(Which is virtually indistinguishable from love)

Until the day the wolverine was healed

What would you have?

A pet? A grateful companion?

No, you would have a healthy wolverine

Ready and eager to get back to doing wolverine things

Which do not include you

The only realistic outcome would be to set it free

Let it go back

To the risky wolverine lifestyle

Your repayment is not aquiring an exotic pet

No, your repayment is the knowledge that you have saved a wolverine

From suffering and death that one time

You helped a wolverine regain their freedom

To go on without you

Your repayment is watching it disappear

Into the woods

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