Recognition
we are not obliged to tell you apart
we are a retinal scan, accidentally seeing more than wanted
we are your eyes, keen and myopic
we are stored in the hard drive, a semblance of order
we are fractal, tireless repetitions of self-same patterns
we are enlightened self-interest, awareness of what you’re doing
we are delusion, a bowl of cherries in mid-February
we are a string theory well-versed in paradox
we are immanent ends, knowing the means may never arrive
we are figures of speech, saying not exactly what we mean
we are skilled labour, too much for too little
we are holding court, waiting by trial and error
we are accountability, the past is our deepest concern
we are longing, a time before now is our secret wish
we are idolatry, stone-cold ideals of self-improvement
we are self-centred, avoiding complexity and clutter
we are autumn leaves, a clin d’oeil for the aficionados
we are algorithms of denial, circumvention at its finest
we are counterfeit, making believe that what is not is
we are colourblind, our strawberries are perennially brown
we are a hypothetical organism, a positive feedback loop of recognition
We Are Lichen is out of print from The Blasted Tree Store
Featured by The Blasted Tree: June 1, 2022
Razielle Aigen
Contributing Author
We Are Lichen by Razielle Aigen is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.
ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-87-5
Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer