What Would Wolves Do? - Les Savy Fav

We huffed the sky into our mouths

We saw the ocean and drank it down

Because we were giants or maybe birds

We slept with lions, tucked into their fur

The world may seem cruel

The worldly may hate us

In time we will show the world why the world made us

(The good we must savor

The bad we must slough

Sooner or later the focus gets soft.)

Slip into epiphany

Oversee oversight

A good stumble’s a symphony

A good drift takes drive

Quartz doesn’t burn

Rust doesn’t hum

Maybe we should blame it on the structures of the sun

Every machine

We’ve made must bow

To what the wolf and cub have found