Began to think of myself
as WILD DOG,
reading the New York Times
Sunday magazine.
Wallet must’ve been good.
Seems there’s a favorite Austrian folk tale
about the dog who,
having known captivity,
escapes to enjoy freedom
in the wild.
Such an animal
is more dangerous
and more cunning,
the tale tells us,
than wolves who have never known
submissive domesticity.
The wild dog remembers
the chains and the
captivity, and so
he is more fierce
than other creatures.
Something like that.
Become
your own
hero.