You know, there’s no human inside?
You can poke and prod
You can move the arms and legs around like a doll
You can dig a deep knife
Leave a little hole
Shout all your words
And they’ll bounce ’round the hollow shell.

There’s no human inside
Appreciate from afar
The fleshlike form
Walking and talking and feeling and smiling
For your pleasure
Feel free to loosen a grip
And avoid the eyes
And look from above
As it crawls.

Because it is for your use
The swarm, you use it
The mob, you eat it

And it’s no hearty meal
Because there is no human inside.

1.I.23