ANIMAL

ANIMAL

call me animal
I will be

stuff
of nightmare

the worst animal
you could possibly imagine
and then some

can tear the gates of civilization
one-shot
off its hinges

with
my bare hands, if
you can call them hands

tell me I’m a monster
and before you even
looked up front your notes
on the lectern

a thing will be approaching
as fast as a mamba
here
to help you redefine
your monstrous terminology

add something, that little
je ne sais quoi
to
that utter vicious ugliness

which
you cannot (dare
not ) see but

whose holy truth is
your mirror reflection