when did you leash me and tie me to this post?
i awoke, eyes heavy, playing your obedient hound
which wrong did i take to be domesticated so fraudulently?
unaware that sacrifice was a canine trait i must adhere to,
i licked the taste of an unsuccessful hunt off my lips
when was the chance to opt out? did i miss it?
by accident, surely, or maybe i’m just too patient
i make a tug at the chain, yet all that calls back is the sharp ringing of metal
i’m surprised you ever look this way at all
i fear you only fluff my fur to make a show dog out of me,
you know i’m not one to bark
i flinch with the raising of your hand,
i’d run if i was able to, i’m sure you’ve come to realise
yet tied to this post i stay, loyal and complacent
you’ll forget to tighten the chain