I admire cats and dogs,

cats stretch and purr,

dogs turn in little circles

and then plop themselves down.

I admire birds and fish,

birds sing like orchestras and hop around in the weeds,

fish just float and keep deeply quiet.

Sometimes I wanna be a cat and stretch my muscles,

or a dog and plop myself down, 

or a bird and soar far far away,

or a fish and just shut up.

But, alas, I am a human dreaming of the animal kingdom,

so I might as well make the best of it

and write another poem.