I’m reading porcupines were considered to be
manifestations of the creative principle.
That hares are the souls of grandmothers.
How weasels can bring back life to the dead.
And fireflies signify diligence.

I’m lying here and I’m reading
caterpillars were once thought to be Satan’s tears,
whereas butterflies were witches or souls or gods.
It says the ant is the serpent’s messenger
and a bat in the house means rainy weather.

It’s raining now, and I’m reading in bed;
that in a wolf’s eyes are lamps
lit by the very devil himself
and bees are the tears of the sun-god Ra.
How bears represent God’s vengeance.

Who knew the mouse symbolized Apollo,
the panther Osiris, and the goat Aphrodite?
Lying in late and reading the badger
is a symbol for witchcraft and deception.
Seeing now how our long covenant was broken.