But Then Again Who Doesn’t?

If you’ve ever introduced
Yourself to someone else, you’ve
Lived as person animal,

Maybe sometimes regretting
The person part or the part
That stays fully animal,

Maybe sometimes full of doubt
About your true personhood
Or your animal nature.

Nonetheless a portmanteau,
Half-empty or overstuffed,
Being double, you’ve wondered

At the worth of how you’ve lived,
And if you’ve really lived it. . .