the story starting with an apple is familiar
and nobody has considered
eliminating the need to bite
from our genetic code
and since biting counts
the apple has become an accessory
like the orchards
trees and lakes
cities and people
ever longer canine teeth
puncture our hopes
useless activities
at dawn
the sky is always the color of blood
telling insomniacs
it’s time to burn
to ashes
the invisible inner world
disposes of the ashes when
the red light blinks
the sanitized carcasses remain
functional, no one can stop the network
no one has got that much time
for a vanishing world
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