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from Poems: Live From Bookmarx Local Writers Reading Series by Chris Drew

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when i speak i am a subject
you see me i’m an object
no wonder folks wanna speak
to a god they can’t see see them

existentialism is dope

without you i’m selfless
with you i’m selfish

many theorize that ancient
peoples literally did not possess
a concept of self as we conceive it
some theorize that ancient
peoples literally considered their
internal voice and thoughts as
divinely derived
they stayed up late every night
sharing stories
in turn our people invented movies and tv

did you ever get a thought when
an actor looks
the camera and you right in the eye?

human beings have learned to manipulate matter and energy
human beings have learned to manipulate language
human beings have learned to manipulate images
human beings have learned to manipulate value
human beings have learned to manipulate their eyes

i remember learning to pick the
international space station out of the
night sky with my eyes
and watch it streak into
the shadow of the earth
there are always a few humans
in space fading in and out of darkness
and a few machines we’ve sent
hurdling into its endlessness

i sometimes consider if we will colonize anything or one else?
or be colonized ourselves,

like in battlefield earth.

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from Poems: Live From Bookmarx Local Writers Reading Series, released July 7, 2015

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