killing

stomping, hard, on it
i killed the silver fish
innocent
that didn’t come to hurt

but my superior weight
on my boot
just squashed it
for no apparent reason

except, that i am a human
with superior right
to decide on life and death
in this anthropocentric universe

where i have, already, murdered
the creator
of the silver fish
to create him in my own image

Note: Gitanjali Victor's art at the age of 13 in Summer 2002.