ANIMALS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS


You have to get to the point of thinking
about the overall structure, how paraphrase
and referenced quotes direct you to the source.
Peter talked about the bigger picture
then painted one for show.

Animals are not your friends. It should
have happened long ago but it never did.
Now everyone knows about it and melodies arrive
each tide, beach themselves beneath the oaks.
There are bandits in these woods.

You have to get to the point of thinking
about something else, otherwise you'd burst.
I wrote to almost everyone I know
to see if they would make some art.
After ifs and buts and sighs they all declined.

Animals are not your friends. And neither are
my mates. Everyone has a season in hell
and this I take to be mine. I am wrapped
in dreams and still waiting for
colour to turn into light.

"This is as quiet as it ever gets."