07-08-2022, 01:17 AM
As animals
I lived out other peoples’ dreams
of a better life. Pack horse,
guard dog, sheep to be shorn,
bull to be whipped into drawing the plough,
milch cow.
Now, out to pasture,
the heath is bare. Lightning’s in
the air,
and kings consort
with fools.
I lived out other peoples’ dreams
of a better life. Pack horse,
guard dog, sheep to be shorn,
bull to be whipped into drawing the plough,
milch cow.
Now, out to pasture,
the heath is bare. Lightning’s in
the air,
and kings consort
with fools.