it is a tiny tiny thing
they say it is the enemy
and evil
i wonder
when you think how animals are treated
enslaved, hunted, squashed
& i bet they are glad we are indoors a while
yet it continues as essential
we think we own them
and imprison them
inseminate, take their babies
kill them and eat them as
essential
my mother said
what goes round
comes round
i guess the abattoirs are still open
as essential
it is a tiny tiny thing
hoping to survive
like us
like the coral
like all things