we humans differ from the animals
they tend to their needs
roll with the punches
we just tend to throw them
in a needy kind of way
animals go with their own steam
we harness it
cross country without even looking
and blow it all off at the lights
people bang on a lot about equal rights
this despite being told, everybody’s different
but animals don’t do equality
why would they, having balance?
surely this was once our practice
what spells were cast
as our heads swelled
and instinct fell to duty?
balance these days involves juggling
half an hour on a treadmill
and Prozac with your Special K
all to reach some castle in the sky
we differ from the animals
they care not for such castles
but man I need my castles
only getting by