bipedal ape

she got legs

and i am thankful

that i got three

hands helping to put out a fire

made in the beginning

where i came out seeing limbs first

and have since been going in the reverse

trying to reclaim my sight

but it is too light here

with her legs reflecting rays

and my baby face bruised with alcohol and age

and those other short stubby bugs

who came before then was then

people like myself because of mom because of dad because of

not her there

years of humanity in the making

walking on the world that rolls her way

my balls itch

they are oblong

*

fuck is in our dna

which is why we’ve made a robot

who can feel emotions

and i think

how sad

and they tell me it is happy to be joining us today

and i think the question of the future

is not whether humans can trust robots

but whether they can trust us