honey bee — [L] (ii)

I didn’t hear a scream
when the creature died
i just heard the happiness
mine

it wasn’t me that killed
where the creature died
i just heard the scream
but

i’d been hunted too
us hunted prey we turn
as we always do
do

do as we always do
kill but only for relief
i didn’t hear the scream
mine

i wouldn’t because i didn’t
i’d cursed no more just swore
i didn’t hear a scream
cursed