I Am A Mammal
By Stanley Diamond
From Civilization in Crisis, 1991
I am a mammal
Gasping for air
A premise
Thinking on my knuckles
A bird
Brilliant and stupid
A fish
Swimming in my eye
A sunflower
And a night flower
A mollusk
A molecule
A puff of chromium
Above a basalt lake
An invisible mole
On the track of its maker
I am everything
And nothing
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