Daughter of a Zoo-Keeper

...I dreamt that I was
the daughter

of a zoo-keeper
and this one time

I forgot to feed the shark 

so with his razor-sharp

teeth, he leapt up
from the water 

and bit my arm off-

the tiger scoffed

and the the grizzly bear 

just stared

blankly at me. 

It was the weirdest 

dream 

and when I awoke 

I couldn't seem 

to shake off the feeling

that I had forgotten to redeem
myself for something
that I had done...