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Antedelluvian

she said

 

"biology is ruthlessly cold, without a soul,

it makes you think

your only purpose in life....

 

is to reproduce"

 

but isn't that it?

 

that's the point.

 

to be blinded by biology, psychology.

neurotransmitters.

into reproducing happily with a partner.

 

someone to gently

warm you with their hand's caress

until death makes you both cold?

 

i remember the days,

i stumbled about the world

fooled blind by notions.

 

fool me again.

 

i learn instead

cells form tissues, organs, ***** systems, bodies.

that clench and bend with emotion and thought...

 

but never touch.

even when closest,

separated.

 

the pressure felt

our own cells squishing together

to make sure of that.

 

do you know...

 

do you know that?

 

we never touch...

betrayed by biology

i let science and fact go

 

 

the flood

 

the realization

 

 

we never touch...

 

we never actually touch.

 

and i never was actually warm.

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