Evolution” - Ariel Hirschhorn

Evolution Ariel Hirschhorn ‘22

I want to live everything backwards DQG,PHDQ,·GJHWP\QRVHSLHUFHGZKHQ,·PHLJKW\ÀYH barely speaking out a mealy mash of garble till the nose piercing fell out and gabber would turn into words, crudely fashioned, like Adam’s form and I’d learn to count the endless cathedrals: broken down glass and ironwork sticking out like a skeleton assembled without directions

I’m learning the names of things I forgot into extinction an orange un-rots on the countertop ,JURZWHQÀQJHUVDQGXQJURZWKHP The world sips and boils down a cosmic broth licking what’s left of yesterday’s teeth

I’m a baby with a graduate degree I’m a fetus with the entire contents of the Internet I’m cells of every galaxy I’m a few atoms of God