we have amplified every fracture and spark

so that the scraping and shattering rings out

like tiny spaceships exploding in frightened ears

 

the repetitive blood scrawl of a panic attack taking places for centuries

the birth of something different through the liquidation of something feared

 

each tremulous key tap and flossing reed

circular breathing for hysterical conflict

scar tissue picked, peeled and itched away

by nails stuffed full of dirt and dreams of evolution

 

the snake eats itself and we eat each other

and the snake eats itself and we eat each other

 

i will miss this dreamless sleep when i die