Like Zoo babies, born in captivity
know no wilderness
exists
Does the fly
high on the fifteenth floor
ignore
the tinted windows
as if a painting
of one dimension
not to mention
alley cats, stray dogs, the homeless
whose living room
is larger
than life-in the city
the concrete jungle is overgrown
with wildlife
wanting to escape
the vast unknowns.
Image credit by Carol M. Highsmith, 'The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco, California, skyline and one of its most iconic" in Public domain c. 1980-2006, via Wikimedia Commons.
