Animal Romance

we can't freshen up the daisies
anymore than we can shake the
laziness out of moss covered rocks
even lions have days of wishing
to be anything but a lion
some wild flowers you'll find on
unnamed paths or city bus stop cracks
are weeds
its only a matter of classification
hundreds will breathe truth into a theory
one will burst the bubble
after having gone through
all the trouble of
evolving into
this,
we find dinosaurs living in our heads

you cant blame an alligator,
you cant free a prisoner,
you cant beat them
or join them

we are moving
through this balance,
taking credit for
flame, hurricane, and avalanche
when
flame, hurricane, and avalanche
kick started the whole
animal romance