Picture Six

remember, there were those times
the snail was faster than a cheetah
the ant could hit its chest
before the elephant.
these were tales we grew not to hear,
because we were busy growing
away from our minds.
we deflated our balloons
so our helium left with air.
since we started throwing body
parts to bullet holes and bombs
even the metal birds take off
to their deaths.
remember those times when
money was a metaphor for shell
and we were a metaphor for evenings.

Ruddapoet