used to be fun when you were ten.
how exciting it was
to see a bear
or a lion, a monkey swinging
from a tree.
how we held our
noses at the stink.
the scary snakes
all wound up
like striped garden hoses.
the elephants,
humungous grey beasts
getting washed
down
by hoses.
the ostriches and pandas,
the gorilla
staring back at you like
a pork chop
that he wanted to eat.
you had the strange feeling though
that none of them
were happy,
they'd rather be free and running
in the jungle,
or down K street.
it's how you felt
when stuck at your desk for
twelve years in
school.
and someone looked into
a window
to take a peek.
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