digging deep into the center

under layers of clever

 

where you’re the most vulnerable 

there you discover the wonder 

 

late into the night 

way below sea level

 

where involuntary sounds 

follow the strictest grammar

 

decode the code send the signal

nature responds unavailable   

 

wonder all around us

thunder of existence

 

simultaneously we’ve become

important and insignificant

 

singing the song of our ancestors

loading up the balloon with bananas 

 

domesticated by our instincts 

only to be eaten up by insects