Animal Life

Born inside the gates of the family Hardened by a Roman machinery Cast among the building sites The coiling wires, the shots collected Called out in the wake of a lottery Held inside the family gathering Mirrored beams and dog-like stretch The wandering association Murmurs in the dark confessional And it rides along the road, ephemeral As in animal life Rusting in the shade of the batteries Hanging from a rope in the gallery Pacing down the balance beam of half remembered holidays No rush of light, no sign of belonging No joy in building, love in the finishing Chasing down an anodyne and half reflected radiance To hide below the ancient barricade In chambers like the rooms a swallow made For an animal life Charging down the maw of the ocean I wanna come close, I wanna come closer I held your name inside my mouth Through all the days out wandering But called out from the mouth of oblivion Cast away like dogs from the shelter I shed the dulling armor plates that once collected radiance And surging at the blood's perimeter The half remembered wild interior Of an animal life