to animals,inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.

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The black hole awoke,

He stretched his mouth with a mighty roar,

As he beckoned all the stars,

The black hole started to erode,

Is this the end...?

The sun says, 'Leave the stars alone and,

Pick on someone your own size,

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, leave my solar 

system and never come back!'

My Town by Sharon Hendricks

The leaves on the ground danced in the wind

The brook sang merrily as it went on its way.

The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go by

which winked at each other just to say hi.

The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop, slow, go!”

The tires gripped the road as if clinging to life.

Stars in the sky blinked and winked out

While the hail was as sharp as a knife.

the balloon started to scream and cry out of fear.