[Rick Mullin]

Genera

There has to be a breed of cat
that crosses into dog,
a snake whose eyes inform us that
its mother was a frog.

There must be something to the snail
that frames the fish within.
A crink in the amoeba’s tale
that spells LEVIATHAN.

The monkey, sloth and marmoset
who battle for a tree
would live as one if God could get
another crack at me.

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"tale" in stanza 2 was "tail"

"live in peace" was "coexist"

Original title: Animals


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