Friends Come In Many Shapes (Poetry)
What a complexity,
intimately bound to humanity,
open-mindedness and creativity,
bumper stickers
and hormone replacement therapy
Each tchotchke the best way
to the reality of our modern world
where we will hold ceremony.
Seeing the sheperds feed their flocks,
listening to the laughter of a family picnic.
My claws were sprouting. Typical 18-year-old.
A lot of in and outs prowled about
with soft physicality.
But something about transcending traditional human conversation is just so-
Woof!
Woof!
Independence of character had evaded me until then.
Get that tattoo. That's the spirit.