Does a fart fly? Does a fungus cry? Are they asking why
Out there?
Do SETI and METI wed
Out there?
Has FGM ever bled
Out there?
Does time ever change its shape
Out there?
Is there any rapture to capture
Out there?
Does crux have a matter, pitter hate patter, God have a bladder
Out there?
Is there even a there to out, out there?
Out there is where our species is heading
Because the current human genetic model incorporates
both death and disease, both seen as inefficient genetic
codes.
Because humans are cumbersome for intergalactic travel
and expensive to maintain.
What will we look like, out there?
Maybe our marrow will be replaced by tiny snap-on particles of information
Maybe we will become biodynamically incorruptible
Maybe we won't throw up over Mars
Maybe I will become fiction and you will become a lie.
Is this what lies ahead
Out there?
If so, how will we know tomorrow?
What happens if tomorrow doesn't know us?
Will I find you, touch you, hold you?
Out there.
What is the zip code, the area code, the html code?
Out there.
What if there is no code, no rosetta stone,
No search engine, no dictionary, no manual,
No internet, outernet, safety net,
No there
Anywhere.
c. Corinne Whitaker 2020
