A strange one from 2003.

8/16/03
Smoke comes out of your nose
Fire-breathed dragon
half-human, half-fey
sleepy eyes do not drop
while your handlers peddle.
speak gibberish why don't you?
in faux leopard skin
gobble down chicken's head,
feet, rabbit entrails, blood.

you're advertised a monster
de-monstrating the wild man
remonstrating the wild child
suckled by wolves
weaned on regurgitate
your mother's child.
your mother a fox.
your father long dead in the war.

the carnies take you into the tent
make you one, make you whole.
dragon, ostrich, lady, beast.
siamese twin to a simian
strong man to a goat
dwarf to the devil.
you are man and woman
strangely in fusion
smoking your cigar
powdering your whiskered nose.

I could take you away if you wanted
if you knew beyond the tarp
if you saw beyond the twisted limbs
unwanted pounds, extra height.
your home with the geeks
the freaks. the humans being.
to me. i don't want you human.
i don't want a museum piece that moans
i want a private audience
prophet.