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THE ANIMALS AREN'T ANIMALS ANYMORE


1st Series




1.





raw  
unguarded  
strong  



DANGEROUS  












  wild




2.


Opening their mouths wide,
pulling their lips back,
baring their teeth,
they make the following sound:
     "Ha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!
      Ha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!"

This seems to them a good thing to do.




3.


the man in the woods

the man in the woods


 is waiting for you

 is waiting for you

 is waiting for you



 is waiting for you



Tens of millions of animals die each day.  By human hands.  By human hands.  Tens of millions of animals are killed each day.  By human hands.  By human hands.  Conceptualize this.  Conceptualize this.

Conceptualize yourself.  Understand without thinking.  Conceptualize yourself.  Understand without words.  You are animal.  You are human.  The animals aren't animals anymore.  You are animal.  You are human.  The animals aren't animals anymore.



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THE ANIMALS AREN'T ANIMALS ANYMORE


2nd Series




1.




animals kill from necessity  
humans kill by choice  





2.


feel it with your belly
     how does it feel?
     how does it feel?
feel it with your belly
     how does it feel?
     how does it feel?



3.


death is a jealous lover
betray her at your peril

take her for granted
and she will show you her fangs

fuck her right
and she will let you ride her like a pony
across the plains
over the distant mountains
beyond the edge of the world

but don't you forget, boy
it's death we're talking about here



Name what you feel.  Feel what you name.  Feel it with your belly.  Feel it with your belly.  Name what you feel.  Feel what you name.  Feel it with your belly.  Feel it with your belly.

Close your eyes.  Closing your eyes you swallow the world.  Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Know yourself without thinking.  Know yourself without words.  Open your eyes.  Opening your eyes you swallow the world.  Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Know yourself without thinking.  Know yourself without words.  Now look around you – look around you.  Tell me what you see you see.  Now look around you – look around you.  Tell me what you see you see.  You are animal.  You are human.  The animals aren't animals anymore.  You are animal.  You are human.  The animals aren't animals anymore.



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THE ANIMALS AREN'T ANIMALS ANYMORE


3rd Series




1.


the dark moves
inside me

the dark leaps

the dark shifts and leaps
inside me


        white
     red


the dark shifts and leaps
inside me

the dark is dangerous
inside me


        white
     red



2.


The spider is dancing.

Have you ever seen a spider dancing?

I have danced with the spider.

We have laughed in each other's arms
to find ourselves dancing.



3.


separate a word
from its meaning

now sing

separate the meaning
from a word

now sing

o spider



Be unseen.  Move in between people's expectations of you.  Be unseen.  Move in between people's knowledge of you.  Be unseen.  Keep your distance.  Be unseen.  Be true to the moment.

Conceptualize yourself.  Conceptualize yourself.  Feel it with your belly.  Feel it with your belly.  Now you are dancing with the spider.  Now the spider is you.  Now you are dancing with the spider.  Now the spider is you.  You are animal.  You are human.  The animals aren't animals anymore.  You are animal.  You are human.  The animals aren't animals anymore.




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THE ANIMALS AREN'T ANIMALS ANYMORE


4th Series




1.




consume life  

consume death  





  conceptualize yourself

feel it with your belly




2.


you will know what to do
you will play your part

how will you know what to do?
how will you play your part?

the spider will tell you
listen to the spider



3.






also remember
none of this is important
too

go back
and back




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