I am unencumbered by dog,
by man,
by theories.
Take your sideways glances,
your sharp-toothed grin,
and your crazy elsewhere.
I will glide,
nyet, nyet,
slide along slowly and surely.
Take off this rag-tag coat.
This long shouldered burden.
This freedom from being free.
Set the funeral pyre alight
With bow and arrow
Become a viking and rebel.
Salt stained tears become your face.
Heart eating becomes a hobby.
Sequestered by the calm.
