the village

you take a person & you sit them in a corner

and you say we have it so bad you need to understand

the village is so poor and the wolves and the foxes and whatnot

they keep eating our sheep

you take a person & you show them a wound and you say

my skin is a delicate thing that is so easy to break

& he wakes up every day & he thinks how do i make sure not to murder anyone

but he will and he has and he’s going to again

& you take a person & you take them & you take them again &

if he can stay useful like a sheep or a chicken maybe

if he can stare faithfully into your eyes like the dog in the garden

then nothing will happen

& there is peace in the village

there is always peace in the village

is this bad enough for you? is this bad enough for you? is this bad

enough?

& every gust of wind passes

i don’t understand why but every gust of wind passes & it’s never ever me

and i know predator & prey are one and the same in the big circle of life

but i do not understand why everything else is wind