It can’t simply be “more”,
the urge that rules,
but more me and my. For
arithmetic in schools
is commutative
and numbers just tools.
When order is more intuitive
and those multiplying gain
beyond the putative,
they create of themselves a chain
as an extension,
call it imperialist and vain.
New life is not reinvention,
but a revision of origin
and sire, essential retention
of survival traits’ storage in
a tight tiny spiral,
driving hunting and foraging,
and other expressions of vital
necessity and breed.
A creature’s recital
of concerted effort and speed
begins at a sub-cellular level.
All organs read the same code to succeed
fractal-wise, like an immense puzzle,
each piece replicated and expressed
its pattern in this way, transcendental.
Having a self not self-possessed
is almost like being a medium,
present and human-dressed
but not doomed to temporal tedium.
Let my spark flame
my sights loft on helium
I carry history with my name
and within my molecular structure.
My line extends from its frame
with two beings promising future.