The echidna

whoever feeds me, owns a zoo
for I am a living collage
of the animal world
misunderstood as misfit
saved only as a chimera,
I live different versions of life,
all in one lifetime.
The lizard in its pretend realm
lives make believe multiple lives ,
man signals with what he puts over himself
unsure what he is underneath
but I signal with what is inside me,
authentic.
As a monotreme, i produce milk,
hold my puggle in a temporary pouch
and lay soft leathery eggs:
I furrow to burrow and I grow
spines and also fur to pet my parasites,
I swim through the stream
and though slothful i squirrel up a tree
and suck in ants and termites
to the delight of farmers
but i am too docile and shy
to fight back
I just curl into a spiky ball
to dodge any danger
considering such a condition
we can really call being alive
and living.



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Written on 2026-06-29 at 01:15

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