Tell the bison not to go where they have always been, instruct the elephants to read and yield their ancient memories of where the water is. Force wolves and bears to learn the boundaries that have never been- the ink that lies unseeable between this tree, that blade of grass. Teach them all to read the maps that are invisible. Make them know what is not real, does not exist to moon or stars, and stubborn as they are kill them for not learning what we will not share. © February 3, 2010 Carol Snyder Halberstadt