Cull

CULL

-verb (trans.)

1. to choose or gather the best or required examples

2. to take out (an animal, especially an inferior one) from a herd

3. to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members

4. to gather (flowers, fruit, etc.)

5. to cease to employ; get rid of

-noun

6. the act or product of culling

7. an inferior animal taken from a herd or group

In case of excess

Kill your darlings

Cull a few angels

Replace them by dragons

It’s all a matter of wings

And the dreams you should

Have had instead