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I would like to be a bird because birds aren't human. Even the smart ones are just flying around, sneaking snacks, singing pretty songs. 

They don't do anything wrong.

I'd love to be a fish because fish are just swimming. They live in a world thick with life and crowned with colorful bubbles, but they aren't in any hurry. 

Fish don't got no worries. 

I think I should be a alligator, laying in the sun. I could squirm myself down into the mud and wait for a hapless animal to come by, so I could spin it dead.

Not a stray thought in my goddamn head. 

If I had my druthers, though, I'd be a cat. Cats don't give too much of a shit about anything. Cats are napping when they aren't being apex predators. Veld editors.

Me?

I'm always hiding from creditors.

So, maybe I'll just be ash. Not dust. Dust is chaos. I've seen enough chaos. Ash is noble. 

Ash used to be something.