dogs and cats, cats and dogs
each evolved to live a life of luxury
care taken by the care of taken humans
food fed, poop scooped
furried bonzai trees grown for our entertainment

dogs and cats, cats and dogs
with time they'll grow old and wise as we are now
dog people, cat people
plant me on their floor

pants lay on the floor
  there may self stood soon before
each leg crumpled
waist obtused
pockets of change
  a day had loosed
socks out mouths of heel
pink tongues licking
  off been peeled
skinned of past
I as clothes lie
till morning sun
shine on
my eye

counting syllables?
hailku'ldn't care less
five-seven-fuck-it
haiku de ta

bread and butter,
a man may not live on,
happy he may be.

obliviously walking ahead
intentionally scuff my shoe
now they know

writing swats thought
as flies swat to paper
revealing guts