Chant - Rebecca del Rio

[Larry Robinson]

Chant

We live to stay
Alive. Prey all, alert
For predators, aware
We will be eaten. 

Omnivorous, life eats all,
Grass, sheep, 
The upright Sapiens,
Wolf whole.

Ferocious, tenacious life 
Hangs in beautiful balance. 
Feral child of chance,
Luck and luckless. 

The wily mind
Calculates its chances,
The heart  drums
Her maniacal mantra:

Alive, alive, alive.

	- Rebecca del Rio