I am awake in a far distant part of the world <br />Where parrots chew clay and squawk in compound sentences <br />About such things as finances and expansive budgets <br />And the detrimental effects of global climate change <br />On the shrinking population of small arthropods <br />While failing to notice the undeniable <br />Increase in their own contemptible individual ranks <br />In that they both are always characterized <br />As similar if not one in the same <br />I am awake in a far distant part of the world <br />Where greedy rodents lay claim to all the cheese <br />And yet there are no shortages of wheels on which to run <br /> <br />Like so many fat hamsters and gerbils with gout <br />The multitudes cover their offensive smell with cedar chips <br />And drink bottled water from the well <br />To loosen their stools and wet their tongues <br />Yet thirst is still thirst no matter how much you quench it <br />I am awake in a far distant part of the world <br />Where lions and tigers prowl undercover of the night <br />Jumping out at herds of red meat on the lamb <br />Trying desperately to distance themselves from the dry cereals of cohabitation <br />While continuing to remain true to their very nature <br />I am awake in a far distant part of the world <br />Where the only wild animal left is me….<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/managed-menageries/
