A Horse's Ass [ or "arse" for the "hyper-correct"]

A HORSE’S ASS

I am
An imperceptible
Dot
In this universal thing
A drop lost in some cosmic flow
A species male
Of the animal kind
Hardly above a horse’s ass
But
You see
I have a mind
I think
I laugh
And suffer from time to time
Anticipatory anxiety
Shit
I’m going to die
And
I know it!

Still
I share the nature
Other species do
I have been a horse’s ass 
On one occasion or two
Acted like a Jackass frequently
Yet never a silly goose
That’s not me
A duck out of water I will admit
Like an elephant I never forget
Heart of a Lion
[ I only wish!]]
Tender as a lamb
Screw like a rabbit
And
Swim like a fish

Flesh and blood
Wrapped around some bones
Open to every malady
Of human history
Virus , germ, bacteria
Can kill the body
Never the human  will

How I survived this long
Lord only knows
Yet eventually
Something does go wrong
Time and gravity
Take their toll
We get sick, weak and old

Tasting now the human pill
So
Bitter and cold
Here I am still
Singing this song
Wishing I could be another year
Or more
A horse’s ass
Before I hit the

floor.