Yeah…that will be us soon.  And meanwhile, who knows what the ghouls are up to?  This is one of my favorite poems.  If we ever learn to treat animals decently, maybe we’d have half a chance.  Well…

 The Animals

when you cut them open

you can not find

where this unconditional

love comes from

we have even tried

torture but they will not

give up their secrets

yet we know it is there

a product for enormous profit

you can see it in their eyes

when you tie them down

so far all we have are scents

and fashion statements

we need more government funds

imagine what we could do

with this power in their eyes

we would be like gods

a science from the heavens

the fools who picket our lab

do not understand

what we are all up against

our enemies are working too

whole species have disappeared

our time is running out

you can see it in their eyes

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, Vt.