0ur0b0r0s, f0r lunch of c0urse

imagine feeling everything

pangs 0f infinite gn0stic hunger

bef0re, after, during

thinly in the brain

aut0cannibalized by the mind

learning and kn0wing

em0ti0ns at a b0iling p0int

0verly 0ut-fl0wing

p0uring and well-drained

a life with its legs spread 0pen

defined as it has remained

as if it can kn0w itself

a chemical reacti0n

that started with 0ne big bang

and then many 0thers

aware 0f its impending irrupti0n

PEMDASing all 0ver the c0untryside

until there were f0lks

f0lks f@!king everywhere

l0ng since self-fulfilled

self-defeated and self-healing

w0rks in pr0gress

please check back later

f0r current statuses and updates

when this life kn0ws itself

it kn0ws its satisfaction

and it kn0ws h0w t0

have it all

with0ut vanishing

the last transfer

might as well be the first

step int0 the pr0cess

watch as all living things

dev0urs itself t0 survive

t0 view these 0ur0b0r0s

grues0me images and m0re

just 0pen y0ur eyes

all three 0f them

witness y0ur withness

and the waiter, full 0f eg0

with his sparkling kyanite eyes

derails my th0ught-train daydream

"last but n0t least" and he l00ks at me

'is thit s0me kind 0f j0ke?

d0es he think i'm t00 skinny?'

"i'll have a burger

n0 mustart and fries"

he turns, he leaves

but i stay

and i stand, reaching

"but wait.. er.

0ne m0re thing!"

0ur eyes 0ne last time meet

"i f0rg0t t0 ask f0r cheese

and green chile"