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God, DNA, Bone
God, DNA, Bone Our DNA a polymer implant from our worldly creator, Backbone sidechain nitrogen phosphate And an oesophagus for food easier to swallow than pride. Offal and organs. God sticks in the gullet. Mitochondria In the nostrils. Bonding one cell To another, neuron to neuron to neuron, bone and bone.

Richard Mather


The Original Sin
The Original Sin Our DNA a polymer implant from our worldly creator, Blake’s Urizen. Backbone sidechain nitrogen phosphate And a plastic oesophagus for when you can't swallow Reason. Bonding one attribute to another: the adhesive Epox is on the horizon. One mind becomes many minds Separated in competition, growing bodies to maintain Separation. Protesting, Adam fiddles a stringtaut wire, A thin-sliced reproduction of human forest life: gunfire, Gas, batons, guillotines, barbe

Richard Mather


Sin's Body
Sin's Body There is in me a Body of Sin: Sin its own heart and lungs, brain-blood-bones- teeth-tongue; a crown of vice adorns the head; channels and ducts convey lust to the secret parts; and the juicy marrow gives much succulence to Sin. Secreting sweat and bile, Sin does its vile work. Possessed, inhabited, I am Sin.

Richard Mather


Embodiment
Embodiment The eye looks, the ear waits, the head turns, the heart aches, the lung breathes, the hand gropes. Skull! cerebral hemispheres! limbic system! basal ganglia! olfactory nerve! eyeball! sinuses! teeth! tongue! ear! vertebral column! brainstem! thyroid! coccyx! spinal cord! sternum! trachea! pleura! aortic valve! pulmonary vein! axilla! radius! metacarpal bones! oesophagus! stomach! colon! liver! renal pyramids! ureters! urine! patellar ligament! femur! sciatic nerv

Richard Mather


The Eye Looks
The Eye Looks The eye looks The ear waits The hand gropes The heart yearns The body thrashes about the turning wheel, which turns in TIME. Head-Neck-Thorax-Limbs-Abdomen-Reproductiveorgans-Pelvis-Veins- Nervoussystems-Mind-Mentalformations-Volition-Memory-Perceptions- Thoughts-Awareness-Feelings-Desires-Consciousness Breakdown-Dissolve-Expire-Crackunderpressure-Atomise-Losecoherence- Liquify-Scatterlikeseedsonthewind-Thaw-Dissipate-Fadeout on the outgoing breath Is the eye

Richard Mather
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