02-11-2011, 06:22 AM
The final line is very moving, as though we all know what our lives (or deaths, indeed; are the "cardboard boxes" coffins, perhaps?) consists of, like we know the bleakness of the zoo creatures' lives. An excellent poem. Thanks for the read Billy.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

