Unlike the Hyena
…………………………..Wikipedia
Poor little thing, the aardwolf is too small
To be as brutal as the hyena.
The back legs, compared to the front, are tall,
Thus improving any ballerina
Hopes beasts like this might have. They eat at night
As if they are ashamed to be spotted
Slurping only one species of termite.
If larger, he could have eaten rotted
Flesh like his larger cousin. Underneath
Are blackish stripes and up above a mane
Of coarse erectile hairs. It has weak teeth
And is a beast of very little brain.
Except to termites he’s harmless and shy.
He shows you can be a nice gnomish guy.