Kit Kelen #355 - we animal are

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we animal are

in the territory of creatures

be otherwise attuned

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and from their tree

they come down to see

how honestly, we animal are

why do I even bother to say it?

we are the ways

won't be told

we animal are

and headfirst

with a whiff to follow

after some line of sight

itch on

or something like

all because we animal are

first light tunes us to day's doings

and then elevenses

the yardarm

and take our time, can't we?

oh, no

get in a car

and we animal are

down the highway's all roar

a flutterby

and ant's sniff wiggle

a very everyday over-we-go

for animal-us

when we animal are

is there a flag or a fence to respect?

I'm telling you simply we animal are

some days smoke pours out the ears

sometimes paw at the dust

then a scrap

spirit of the thing is

what matters is to touch

let's not say love

but you get the picture

go to the furthest point

and come back

some hutch, some burrow

we improvise

we're all-terrain

we're trouble

we animal are

and dream the dream

roar and rend

a single cell will do it

we rabbit on like this

we're dogged

we can be catty too

pig out

yet in the sack

we might be tigers

each to her his own live, let

my rudeness is a thing of legend

makes moist at a stretch of the skin

there's hair!

luxuriant

forests of animal

fleas will lose track in

see how we lionize!

you should see it

rock hard

but spongy soft to the touch

no more need be said

some of us play the harp to a cow

and some of us are dragons

some slay

so many things I want to say

and you know that's because

we animal are

time we took won't matter now

we're barefoot in it

my goodness

we know the right thing to do

we're staunch

among our friends

all animals themselves of course

(unless Lord love a tree)

we animal are

dumb eyes about

and born among beasts in a stable

this is the wonder of Christmas

oh creatures!

we understand

rain's fallen for us

that breeze to cheek

and sun's touch

are all to

ache into an afternoon

and take a hat for home

we could care less

couldn't we?

we gad about

snifter and sus

snort – that's a good one

we roll about in high hysterics

let's say a sun goes down

and so sonatas

and so sometimes lullaby

stretch, yawn and strain the rope

be blessed by every of day's seasons

and where?

we're everywhere at once

note each tree

for its good standing

but we won't be seduced to that

we swim into the paint

make marks

make melody

the world turns to

or

no, it goes regardless

somehow though

we're in the spirit

ball up foetal to begin

take turns, revolve

do rounds daily

form the wagons in a circle

run rings

sometimes round on each other

animals are most of the circus

round and round

through hoops

we go

here's smithereens to kingdom come

you see it – don't you – that's how animal we are

all attuned to ending

though not a one of us knows

what's after last throes

some of us ponder

and some of us won't

but none of us truly comprehends

how things end

blood and bone

make such soon soil

just be certain

that you and me

and all of our kind

we simply

animal

are