Metabolism
we are embedded text, subconscious efforts to survive at all cost
we are hardwired into sinews, catching the shrapnel of dreams
we are poverty, a language without possessive pronouns
we are wildlife, preserved, stuffed, and mantled
we are finishing everything on your plate, waste not
we are organized soul retrieval
we are top-down anger management
we are resorting to all-inclusive accommodations
we are a regional increase in complicated ideas
we are renewable resources, untapped consumerism
we are functional caloric intake, a grain of rice
we are the default setting, silent judgement
we are accused of treason, it’s true
we are additional pressure to your heart and lungs
we are the letter of the law, dictators of ocean and sky
we are the rules, the skin of biopolitics stretched over battle drums
we are on autopilot, offending the sensibilities of others
we are an untimely event horizon spinning a million regrets
we are more than the sum of our parts
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