Wolf-hearted wolf-hunter, coin-flipping self-eater,
Dragon-mother, knight-father,
Grizzled-hide tale-twister,
Wolfhound and his antonym,
Paradox that contradicts:
Break your bones, fetch your sticks.
Bite-baulker, man-stalker,
Wood-skulker, night-sulker,
Tail-chaser, pulse-racer.
Safe from the riff-raff, out past the switchback,
Barking slapback,
Howling clapback.
Bows at the whip-crack,
Snaps at the turned-back,
Backtrack to Ballyhack,
Cowers at the thunderclap.
Natterjack, snippack,
Thicket on the sheep-back.
Quick as a wisecrack,
Gray as a smokestack,
Ash-gutted, turn-coated,
Forever hunter, always hunted.