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Zoos
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If you see an animal in a zoo, you are in control. You can come, and you can go. The animal cannot. She is at your mercy, and at the mercy of those like you. The animal is on display for you.
In the wild, the creature is there for her own purposes. She is not under your control. She can come, and she can go. So can you. Neither of you is on display, and both of you can display as much of yourselves to the other as you wish. It is a meeting of equals.
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― Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos
― Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos
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I'm sorry I would've skipped past your exhibit
on my quest for the elephants, if not
for my boyfriend's shouting, Look, llamas!
I'm sorry I then called out Llamas! twice,
three times, in the typical zoo attendee's
Iloveyou! shriek, before noticing your sign:
not llamas but their close relatives, guanacos.
I'm sorry my boyfriend kept calling you
guaca-moles & I'm sorry I found that funny.
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― When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
― When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
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