I want to Be a Dog,
Except for that
They get Killed by Chocolate,
Dump Trucks, and Rednecks
And cruelest of all,
Faithless neglect.
‘Cause I will never want for faithlessness.
I want to Be an Elephant,
Except for that
because of the Poachers,
Lions, Droughts,
And Tuberculosis,
Their nights are sleepless.
‘Cause I will never want for sleeplessness.
I want to Be a Child again,
Subsist off Milk and Motts,
Sticky-fingered Cartwheels,
Sweat and sunsets.
And to look into into an adult’s eyes,
Unaware of the envy in them.
‘Cause I will never want for enviousness.