ANIMAL

ANIMAL

animal
you call me
an animal

so now I think I know
where this leads
think I know
where
I stand

somewhere in
that dark privileged space
it is an insult to
biology
to call a brain

thoughts of the tried
and trusted: turning me
into soap, lampshades, fertilizer

maybe
      I should just
                shapeshift

out of your way

or maybe
    shapeshift inside you

do what
     animals do

helo you redefine
your notion of horror