you’d always wanted 

to go with them 

no matter where it was 

 

it was something about how they 

breathed into their destination 

making it more exotic than it was 

 

if it was for school 

a job or love 

movement was the thing 

 

now you’re surrounded by 

four narrow walls 

and a lot of packaging 

 

it must be something primal 

keep moving 

or get eaten 

 

you want to stay in the stream 

not to be hooked 

or cut into pieces