Back when we were Animals

"Have you forgotten what we were like then
when we were still first rate
and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth" - Frank O'Hara, Animals

Of course I didn't forget, did you?
When money flowed like green rivers
--and free lunches -- when the world was ours

I know we're talking about different times
but the pastures were the same, though my
speedometer was digital.

I was lightning, then, but only because I did
not realize what speed was -- and now, O how
I realize what an Animal we were.