the miracle
of life
loses some
of its luster
when you accept
this meat suit
doesn’t run off
divine purpose
just what the
various bacteria
chemicals and
electric impulses
dictate daily

you woke up
craving coffee
and perhaps
one or two of
those muffins
which feels
mostly as if
you dictated
each desire
when actually
the bacteria
in your guts
need the sugar
some want those
antioxidants in
the blueberries
while your brain
is so accustomed
to caffeine filling
certain receptors
you can’t seem to
function without

none of this was
due to consciousness
but simple systems
working in concert
in the illusion of
higher intelligence
you are an automaton
consuming to keep
the precarious plot
yearning to justify
all the madness inherent

a cat shows no concern
for politics nor war
it eatsshitsfuckssleeps
with only the immediate
taking over the focus
it does not consider
itself a sovereign
it does not consider
itself in the slightest
it does what the
various bacteria
chemicals and
electric impulses
dictate daily