5/29/08 Waiting for Thunder

There's not much animal instinct left in human beings.
You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?
That's cause you're a sucker.

But when you can smell thunder rolling miles away
through your open window at night,
or in the middle of a sunny afternoon
or suddenly feel the wind change and think
I better get home before it starts raining,
then I will laugh at you lovingly and say,

"See? Your animal soul can still feel the earth heaving
and the sky rolling and the universe breathing
all around you. Congratulations!"