The elders tell of times long past, when throughout the plains, hyenas massed.

Yet they were not as we are now; naught but beasts they were, strong, fierce, and fast.

And they acted as befits a beast—procreation, slaughter, feast—

Till a Monster came, we know not how. Through Him, lowliness soon ceased.

A poem, with a short scene framing it. Entry for the World-Building Alliance's January writing contest, where it earned an honorable mention.