At the Zoo

You were in the zoo
You were inside an animal's stomach in the zoo
You were the zoo and the zoo was an animal
in the zoo fleeing the zoo
You, the zoo, and the animals were having tea
discussing the news
It seems the zoo hated you and you probably detested animals
But the zoo never existed and you were not an animal
so much as a beggar on a street corner painted in black and white ink
And the blackness ate you
And the animals ate you
And the animals and the blackness were one