Extinct

If  you give money to an animal

He or she gets cloying and aggressive

But when arrested for that behavior

Says, “I didn’t know anything, my reps

Did it. Well they did. These humans

Committed their tiny crimes in the mail,” it says,

“Knowing animals are photogenic. You can hold

One in your lap or hold a sheaf of  photos

In which a feline looks like you yourself  tearing off a leg

Of a springbok antelope, which prey looks like you

Concentrating on the flee instinct,” it says.

I tend to agree with it. It and

All of them have expressions on their faces, four limbs,

Two eyes, noses, ears, etcetera, how close can you get to you

Or me, and then there’s the same insides. If  it is a cheetah

Do not put it in your lap. If  it’s

A black rhino it weighs 2,250 lbs.

And has two! sharp horns about 24 in. ea.!

Let’s suppose nothing about that one and not say

It has a facial expression. My own opinion

Is it will have one in a matter of time.

There are ten other scenes in which I look like the animals

In them so don’t argue I’m writing yet another check this week

And as a matter of fact I’d like to smack something,

Bite it, and cook it. You do that, tonight

For instance. If one of us eats the other

It’s a very big crime

Not tiny like the revolutionary revelation in a solicitation

That we are like the animals, no, are them,

Which is bigger in evolution and spirituality,

Sure, and in the final accounting

Much more important, but today

Don’t put a cheetah in your lap and don’t eat other humans.