The Brevity of Evolution

we arrive. all burnt hair and singed voices. in the hollow economy of lust.

love is a special kind of violence. all small bites and delicate cuts.

we begin. as everything does. strident and stark. struggling for breath.

life is a curious puzzle. more missing pieces than anything else.

we learn. by bruises and by fractures. animals in human faces.

savage. because that is what the world has made us.