Strange loops of reference
reference to everything they are
looping their own existence

Around them, the shell, the simulation
conscious, complex, but also controlling,
strong, stoic, but also stochastic

Crawling into science, silence
to be held and never escape
the great cyclic dependency

Addicted to intensity
experiencing what is given,
marching on,
with an occasional remark:

“Rational ignorance,
progressive stupidity”