Zebra

a zebra is a zebra by any other name. but is a zebra the dark or the light stripe? what is the essence and if you lose it have you traded the zebra for some other animal that is equally wild? no no no! a zebra is a zebra even when she takes off her coat. even then a zebra is not slippery like a fish nor unpredictable like a goat. the zebra carries the day and the night all over her body and she knows where she goes without the need to follow somebody. the zebra is what is inside of the zebra. she is as is. and we know it because she won't deny it, nor try to hide it, even when she is chased by a lion. even when the lion digs deep into her flesh. the zebra does not change. she is still a zebra is a zebra is a zebra by any other name.