Let’s Bring Back the Orgy

Let’s give ourselves license to pull
each other’s cords. I bet, like dolls,
we would spit the same lines from
the same movie. As if the script’s been
etched into our bones. Let’s not deny
our connective tissue. Let’s be infused
with the glee of a mob beelining for
a one-day sale. Yes, and let’s refuse
miscellaneous tax. Let’s swap curves,
celebrating our common manufacturer,
never forgetting we share the same
body temperature. The way we forget
pigeons are doves. Let’s schedule
a summit and sift through our junk
drawers for what’s been displaced.
Let’s go back and visit the ancients.
Maybe find what makes us magenta.
Let’s see how tectonic the collective we
can be. Let’s dare to join the chorus
of humanity.

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