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Curious and wrong to my eye

why do these creatures thrive

on the vessel at 7.83 Hz

reason is denied

Weak of body, flawed of mind

not typical apex creatures

All I've seen I have transcribed

when can I drop this feckless guise?

All I've seen I have transcribed

when can their world and I collide?

From what I have observed these creatures are not prime

Such a variance makes it hard to describe

some are harmless, even virtuous at times

But it seems the worst of them are the most adept to climb

I've seen Viking ships in flames adrift the tide

I saw a peasant girl rise up and rule the hive

I've seen broken children grateful for their trials

I've seen privileged rats spit in their god's eye

There is no answer if there is no question

if there is no question there is no reason

The most curious thing to me

Is why these things reign?

when shape changing cephalopods

dwell beneath the waves

These tribes

Infants

bathed in the tears of their dying gods

they vie for domination

of a resource they've not yet learned to define

with their paultry 3 dimension

and their linear flow of time

their reality is as fragile

as the gelatinous shells of their eyes