The Dogs of Tenerife
How can we be such racist,
sexist, fascist assholes
destroying the Earth carelessly
year after year
when a dog is a dog
no matter the country?
It’s just these dogs here
respond to siéntate, cállate,
same as the children
and dogs of the US
respond to sit, speak,
just the same
as dogs of Berlin
respond to komm, setz sich,
just the same
as all the other dogs
of the world.
We just make up
all these insane differences
to, what, hate each other more?
Because, why, we don’t have enough
to worry about
feeding ourselves,
seeking shelter, trying,
just trying not to die every day?
It just doesn’t make any
doggone sense.