Which of these creatures which I might be thought of as being
Is of most concern to you? Is it the actual physical beast,
The one with aching wrists and back, whose age and chronic
Blood disease have sapped it of its stamina? Is it the man
Who is bored and unhappy, lacking companions, no longer
Finding much pleasure in anything that he owns? Is it
The citizen, outraged by what he is seeing take place as his
Culture collapses, savagery, bigotry, outright kleptocracy?
Ill at ease, then, in all parts of my being, does any one
Mean much to you?