# Hyenidae Author: Shinetroll Tags: Dire Wolf, Hyena, Spotted Hyena, Wolf, evolution, extinction, striped hyena #2 of old poems It's a symbolic poem I wrote, comparing the "evolution" of my personality to the evolution of the different species of hyenas. If you want the comparison explained, just ask. I'd be happy to share. _Crocuta spelea_, she pumps in my blood, heart pounds, legs pound, lungs pound, mind is silent. Silent as the Death it mates with. Stronger than _Lupus dirus_, yet weaker with each passing evolution.   She sighs, she dies.   _Crocuta crocuta_ is born. She squats in the mud and feels the pulse. The Pulse, the Pulse, the pulse in her paws. Running again, that lively _crocuta_ stumbles on again with each passing evolution.   And howling to the moon, pass the breath of _Lupus dirus_.   No canine claw had matched her pace 'til _Canis lupus_ took his place along the side of _Hyenae hyenae_ streaked, just trying to keep up with each passing evolution.   Now dying, fading, smaller, _Canis lupus_ is. almost.  no more.   And _Proteles cristata_ takes the throne of high school drama. She shudders and devolves into a human teenage girl. Source: https://sofurry.com/s/ve30L0pm Part of the series old poems Previous: https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/168136-poem.md Next: https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/346530-being-human.md