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Benjamin Zepheniah in Birmingham

The Great Outdoors

by Benjamin Zephaniah
People think of Benjamin as 'an urban animal' but he says he's really 'a country bumpkin'.


The Great Outdoors

I have dreams of summer days
Of running freely on the lawn
I luv a lazy Sunday morn
Lie many others do.
I luv my family always
I luv clear water in a stream
Oh yes I cry ad yes I dream
We dogs are people too…

I need fresh air and exercise
I need to safely cross the road,
I carry such a heavy load
Like many others do.
Don’t only judge me by my size
Ask any vegetarian
I’m just a vegetarian
We cows are people too…

We really need dis planet
And we want yu to be aware
We just don’t have one spare
Not any of us do.

We dogs, we goats
We mice we snakes
Even we worms
Are really great, We birds, we cows
We ducks, we frogs
Are just trying to do our jobs
We wolves, we fish
We pigs, we flies
Could really open up your eyes

And all we want to say to you
Is that
We are all people too.

(Poem copyright of Benjamin Zephania)

last updated: 08/06/05
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