Resembling an act of divine meditation,
goats burn themselves,
in some rare cases,
throw themselves into fire,
play with flames.
This fiery fascination though
inspires no one in the animal kingdom
for even they know -
self-harm is no authentic healing.
Goats are hellish
and foolish,
humans say,
but are they?
Atleast they have some fur to burn
in order to get rid of lice and ticks
kissing them to death.
Human-goats in fire
burn their skin
and smoulder the soul.
The parasites keep digging
deeper and deeper
until the breasts instead of milk
drip pus
and the tongue whispers smoke
instead of songs.
All the while
the goats believe
they have wings
and as light as moths
are rising upwards to the divine light.
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