"zoo metaphors" genre: Poetry
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	Pushcart nominated poem. Winner of the Allen Jay Freedman Poetry Prize. Widely published. Blah blah blah. Stant's very own personal favorite. The sound effects are... unusual. For Ellyn Maybe. DISCLAIMER: please note, this is an extremely lo-fi recording. Although no recording equipment was actually harmed during production, those of you with low hiss tolerance have been warned. And, hey, isn't lo-fi supposed to be cool, now? END OF DISCLAIMER.
	CD: mp3.com exclusive Credits: Guitar: Cliff Ulrich. Vocal: Kira Arrillaga. Stop signs, bags of beans, sticks, bells, begging bowls, finger cymbals, tambourines, murmuring: Casey Arrillaga & Erica Erdman.
	Story Behind the Song First published in Convergence: Journal of the Finalists for the Allen Jay Freedman Poetry Prize (Dance of the Iguana Press). Written in a McDonald's parking lot in Ventura one blustery afternoon, the day after a trip to the zoo. As it's an unrequited love story of sorts, it's only fitting that it be dedicated to Ellyn Maybe. I once tried out an edited three minute version at a slam in Albuquerque, but Greg Stant (of Spokenwar.com) who was down from Denver threatened to beat me half senseless if I ever did that again. So here's the whole dang thing. Also: Marcia Cohee, I still think the Robert Wynnes poem was better. but thank you.

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