like a shadow caged

like a play staged

like a book, for everyone to read

i look, i see

you and everyone

that is or that is not



i stir, i move

i sit and pant

only sometimes

rave and rant

i wonder, i growl

i twinkle at your prowl



will it be you?

yes yes--you?

or is it another

one

a day too good to be true



touch me through this glass

play with me for a while

please

am tied and tired and i tried

to please



this air kills me

suffocates my

wings if i had i would fly

away from here

and away from everywhere



pray, just wait, i ask

dont go away please

take a while to, a while to

decide my fate

before its too late

02/16/2012

Author's Note: a 'something'i was inspired to pen down instantly when i got this picture of a 'dog' for 'sale' in a pet shop in NY. just the look on his face--him sitting on a pile of 'paper confetti' and a mat on the side. my friend clicked him from behind the window-glass.

Posted on 02/16/2012
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