with no responsibilities
no love
no hate
surviving and wild
with sleep
and eat
and mate
I wish to be animal
with appetite
with instinct and danger
to murder and ravage
indulge in emotion
present and pulsing
sedate or savage
I wish to be animal
with teeth
and claw
and ear
to roam with these tools at my whim
no collections of refuse
and rubbish
with which humans are brimmed
I wish to be animal
with simplicity
simple need
simple happiness
simple thought
to wander warmly till death is the gift i am bought
