More and more frequently the edges
of me dissolve and I become
a wish to assimilate the world, including
you, if possible through the skin
like a cool plant's tricks with oxygen
and live by a harmless green burning.
I would not consume
you, or ever
finish, you would still be there
surrounding me, complete
as the air.
Unfortunately, I don't have leaves.
Instead I have eyes
and teeth and other non-green things
which rule out osmosis.
So be careful, I mean it,
I give you a fair warning:
This kind of hunger draws
everything into its own
space; nor can we
talk it over, have a calm
rational discussion.
There is no reason for this, only
a starved dog's logic about bones.
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