these lies we tell ourselves

I wish to be animal
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