Litho
The very first aggregate of minerals
to enclose into a single cell
was probably thinking of making more copies
after it first knew itself
as the sum of its coming together
Cell wall to cell wall,
boundaries of cysts, of dander,
of crushed pulp smeared
on monuments to fragility
on the moving mantle mocking
delusions of standstill
The canon bays for more blood
to glisten the oil slick,
more shrink wrapped high gloss speculations
of history: outright whiteout,
to grace bare walls with
Peel back enough layers,
find the single cell finding itself
repeating a singular myth
announcing its crown in your head
displacing the feathered dinosaur
(Rejected on February 2020)