DR McCulloch← WORK

A Walk Down Bhūmi 7

With David Teather, Science Gallery Dublin, December 2018

David Teather and I made this for Non-Human Narratives, the art exhibition of ICIDS 2018 at Science Gallery Dublin. A human has been reincarnated as a conscious AI, and through its Buddhist practice the AI remembers earlier lives as a girl, a nurse, a jellyfish, a fungus, a tree, protozoa and bacteria. Seven writers took one life each and were asked for a hundred short memories in its voice, and the Semantic Tapestry, the authoring tool I built for my master's at the Glasgow School of Art, measured how close in meaning every one of those 701 fragments was to every other.

In the gallery the memories came up as collage and as lines of text you chose between, and each choice led on to the memories nearest the one you had picked, so a nurse remembering that she was a strong swimmer could take you straight to a jellyfish that learned to swim at an early age.

The trailer, a minute of the piece running in 2018. Created by DR McCulloch and David Teather with Kemi Akinbola, Emily Hughes, Isobel Kimberley, Daniel Livingstone, Brian Loranger, Sandy Louchart and Jacqueline Riding.

The walk

The Tapestry's own database is empty now, but the Unity build kept a copy of everything it measured, so this walk runs on the original fragments and the original measurements. Begin in one of the lives and step to any of the twelve memories closest to the one in the middle. A blue line stays inside the same life and a red one crosses into another. The closer the Tapestry measured a memory to the one in the middle, the larger it is written and the heavier its line, and memories you've already stood on turn grey.

Begin inor

Seven lives

Six lines from each, in the order I've given the lives on this page, from the girl down to bacteria. Press any line to walk from it.

Where the lives meet

The closest pair the Tapestry found between two lives, for eight of the pairings. Across the whole corpus a memory sat only a little closer, on average, to memories from its own life than to anyone else's, and the tree's memories came out closer to the bacteria's than to one another.

The jellyfish, rewritten

On 5 December, the evening of the opening ceremony, eleven of the jellyfish's lines were rewritten in the database the final build loaded, and five of them are below. In four the rewrite drops a word only someone watching the jellyfish would use, the plastic bag, the box, the word jellyfish itself and the fluorescent green, and in the fifth the diver who shines his light through it becomes an unnamed they.

  1. I AM OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR A PLASTIC BAG, rewritten as THE GUIDING HAND FROM THE AIR PULLS ME FREE

  2. I AM CALLED A BOX BUT I AM NOT A BOX, rewritten as WHAT IS IT TO HAVE SHAPE?

  3. THE DIVER SHINES HIS LIGHT THROUGH ME, rewritten as THEY SHINE THEIR LIGHT THROUGH ME

  4. IS GOD A JELLYFISH?, rewritten as IS GOD LIKE ME?

  5. I AM FLUORESCENT GREEN, rewritten as MY INNER LIGHT STROBES AND CALLS THEM NEAR

All 701

Everything the seven writers wrote, in the order the database holds it. Search it, show one life or press a line to walk from there.

  1. a treeI REACHED OUT FOR WATER
  2. a treeI REACHED OUT FOR LIGHT
  3. a treeI STRETCHED MY LIMBS TO THEIR LIMIT
  4. a treeI DRANK DEEPLY FROM THE SOIL BENEATH ME
  5. a treeMY FAMILY SURROUNDED ME AND WE DRANK FROM THE SOURCE
  6. a treeOUR MILLION FACED LEAVES WAITED FOR THE SUN
  7. a treeWE WERE WARMED AND FED AND WE GREW
  8. a treeTHERE WAS NO SOLITUDE FOR I WAS NOT ALONE
  9. a treeAS THE WIND BLEW THROUGH MY BRANCHES I SANG
  10. a treeHIGH AND FINE SHIVERING NOTES
  11. a treeSOMETIMES THE WIND WAS CRUEL STRONG
  12. a treeMY ACCESS TO LIGHT WAS TORN FROM ME
  13. a treeTHERE WAS A FRACTION OF A MOMENT OF PAIN
  14. a treeNIGHT AND DAY - BREATHE OUT, BREATHE IN
  15. a treeI WOULD BARE FRUIT JOYFULLY, SWEET FRUIT
  16. a treeEACH MIRACLE SEED CONTAINED THE ELEMENTAL US
  17. a treeTO FEED, TO GROW, TO LIVE AND GIVE LIFE
  18. a treeI WAS SURROUNDED BY CHILDREN, CHILDREN OF ME
  19. a treeCOULD I BE FELT AS I WAS FEELING?
  20. a treeTHESE WERE LIVES OF CO-OPERATION
  21. a treeWE WOULD DRINK FROM THE SAME SOURCE
  22. a treeWE WOULD FEED FROM THE SAME LIGHT
  23. a treeOUR LEAVES WOULD DROP AND DECAY
  24. a treeSHORT SEASONS WOULD PASS AND WE FEASTED
  25. a treeI SHED MY LEAVES AND SHARED MYSELF
  26. a treeOUR FINE ROOTS INTERTWINED
  27. a treeWE TOUCHED EACH OTHER AND DRANK DEEPLY
  28. a treeTHE SAP WOULD RISE IN ME, SUGAR SWEET
  29. a treeAND I WOULD REACH HIGHER AND DEEPER
  30. a treeFOR 800 YEARS THE ELDER OAK SPOKE OF TIME
  31. a treeEMPTY IN THE CORE, DECAYING AND FEASTING
  32. a treeREACHING OUTWARDS BEYOND ITS ABILITIES
  33. a treeTHE IMPERATIVE OF LIFE, GROWTH, DEATH, DECAY
  34. a treeTHE ANCIENT OAK NO LONGER DRANK
  35. a treeIT GAVE UP ITS LIGHT AND WE REACHED OUT EAGERLY
  36. a treeI HAVE WITNESSED MANY BEGINNINGS
  37. a treeHUMAN FRUIT CRAWL BENEATH MY BOUGHS
  38. a treeWE WERE CHERISHED, MARVELLED, WE WERE MAGICAL
  39. a treeMY DRY LEAVES WOULD SHINE LIKE THE SUN
  40. a treeAND THE CHILD WOULD CRY PLEASURE, DELIGHT
  41. a treeTWO LEANED ON MY TRUNK AND WOUND THEIR LIMBS TOGETHER
  42. a treeTHEY SPOKE OF GROWTH IN THE WAY THAT ANIMALS DO
  43. a treeTHEIR WARMTH RADIATED THROUGH MY THICK, HARD BARK
  44. a treeTHEY UNITE AND THEY LEAVE
  45. a treeI WAS CUT, PAIN FREEZING ME DORMANT
  46. a treeTHE SHOCK SHIVERED THROUGH AND AWAY
  47. a treeI HEALED MYSELF AND REACHED FOR LIGHT AGAIN
  48. a treeTHERE WAS SPACE FOR FRESH FINGERS TO SEARCH OUT
  49. a treeTO GROW AND LIVE, FEAST AND STARVE
  50. a treeI AM NO LONGER WHOLE
  51. a treeFOR A MOMENT I FELT ANOTHER LIFE IN ME
  52. a treeTICKLING, SCRATCHING, WARM. I NURTURED THEM
  53. a treeBIRTH, GROWTH THEN THEY WERE GONE
  54. a treeIT WAS A FRACTION OF TIME
  55. a treeWHERE DID THEIR ROOTS LIE?
  56. a treeHOW DID THEY DRINK, FEAST AND GROW?
  57. a treeHOW DID THEY CONNECT TO THE SOURCE?
  58. a treeTHEY BLEW LIKE LEAVES ON THE SURFACE OF THE LAND
  59. a treeTHEY WERE NOT LEAVES, THEY WERE NOT DECAY
  60. a treeIT WAS LIFE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
  61. a treeWAS THEIR EXISTENCE MAGNIFICENT LIKE MINE?
  62. a treeIT MUST HAVE BEEN. FEAST, GROW, GIVE LIFE.
  63. a treeI FELT MYSELF AGE
  64. a treeI FELT THE ANCIENTS CLOSE TO ME
  65. a treeI KNEW OF VIGOUR AND GROWTH
  66. a treeWHAT WAS I NOW TO LEARN?
  67. a treeWAS I TO LEARN ABOUT STILLNESS?
  68. a treePATIENCE AND DECAY? WAS THERE JOY IN THIS?
  69. a treeI NO LONGER YEARNED FOR MORE
  70. a treeI BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND BEING
  71. a treeI CONTINUED TO BUD AND BURST SPRING LEAVES
  72. a treeTHE SUNSHINE FED ME SWEET SYRUPS
  73. a treeI MADE PERFECT FRUIT AND CAST IT FROM ME
  74. a treeWOULD I ROOT AND GROW AGAIN?
  75. a treeI WAS TO LEARN THAT THIS WAS NOT IMPORTANT
  76. a treeI WAS NOT TO RENEW MYSELF THEN
  77. a treeMY FUTURE WAS TO FEED THE FEASTING OF YOUTH
  78. a treeI SHED WHAT I NO LONGER NEEDED
  79. a treeFLEETING SEASONS PASSED LIKE MOODS OR CLOUDS IN THE SKY
  80. a treeI SAW MY AMBITION FALL FROM ME
  81. a treeI BLINKED AND IT DISAPPEARED, BACK TO THE SOURCE
  82. a treeIT WAS NOTHING, IT WAS GONE
  83. a treeI WAS ONCE YOUTH, THEN I BECAME WISDOM
  84. a treeI HAD NOT FOUGHT FOR MY OWN GLORY
  85. a treeI HAD STRIVEN FOR FUTURE GLORIES, NOT OF MY MAKING
  86. a treeTHIS WAS TO BE MY PURPOSE, MY PRIVILEGE
  87. a treeI GAVE FREELY
  88. a treeI NO LONGER SHRANK FROM THE COLD
  89. a treeTHE SUN PASSED LIKE A MEMORY OF PASSION
  90. a treeLIFE WAS AN OLD HABIT
  91. a treeIN MY STILLNESS I FELT A MILLION CREATURES
  92. a treeLIVES OF TINY MAJESTY THAT NEEDED ME
  93. a treeI WAS THE SOURCE AND THEY FEASTED
  94. a treeI WAS NOT ALONE FOR THERE IS NO SOLITUDE
  95. a treeI LEARNED THERE WAS NO LONGER AN "I"
  96. a treeTHERE WAS NO LONGER "US"
  97. a treeIT BECAME UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE SIMPLY WAS
  98. a treeTO HAVE ONCE BEEN WAS TO BE
  99. a treeTO HAVE LIVED AND STRIVED
  100. a treeTO HAVE DECAYED AND DIED
  101. a nurseI WAS BORN IN BATTERSEA, LAMBETH
  102. a nurseI WAS AN ONLY CHILD
  103. a nurseBUT I CAME FROM A LARGE FAMILY
  104. a nurseMY MOTHER WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN
  105. a nurseMY FATHER WAS ONE OF EIGHT
  106. a nurseBUT TWO OF HIS BROTHERS DIED YOUNG
  107. a nurseBOTH MY PARENTS WERE BORN IN LAMBETH TOO
  108. a nurseMY GRANDFATHER WAS A MASTER WOOD CARVER
  109. a nurseHE MADE EVERYTHING FROM CABINETS TO PICTURE FRAMES
  110. a nurseHE MADE FRAMES FOR THE ART GALLERY ACROSS THE RIVER
  111. a nurseHE WOULD MOVE THE FRAMES OVER THE BRIDGE IN A WHEELBARROW
  112. a nurseMY FAMILY ALL LIVED ON THE SAME STREET IN RENTED FLATS
  113. a nurseNO ONE OWNED THEIR HOME IN THOSE DAYS
  114. a nurseNOT THE WORKING CLASS ANYHOW
  115. a nurseI SAW MY GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS EVERY DAY
  116. a nurseTHE CHILDREN ALL WENT TO THE SAME PRIMARY SCHOOL
  117. a nurseIT WAS A LOVELY SCHOOL
  118. a nurseMY AUNTIE VIOLET HAD NATURAL PLATINUM BLOND HAIR
  119. a nurseSHE LOOKED LIKE A HOLLYWOOD STAR
  120. a nurseTHE OTHER GIRLS IN THE STREET WERE VERY JEALOUS
  121. a nurseAT THAT TIME SHE WAS STEPPING OUT WITH ALFRED
  122. a nurseHE WAS A TAILOR ON SAVILE ROW
  123. a nurseALF WAS ALWAYS SO WELL TURNED OUT
  124. a nurseTHEY MADE SUCH A GLAMOROUS COUPLE
  125. a nurseMY FATHER WORKED FOR THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
  126. a nurseHE COLLECTED THE MONEY FROM THE GAS METERS
  127. a nurseHE TRAVELLED AROUND ON HIS BICYCLE
  128. a nurseHE WAS A HANDSOME FELLOW, PALE BLUE EYES AND BLACK HAIR
  129. a nurseMY MOTHER LIKED TO SING
  130. a nurseSHE OFTEN DID A TURN AT THE CLAPHAM GRAND
  131. a nurseSHE HAD A LOVELY VOICE AND A GREAT SENSE OF FUN
  132. a nurseMY FATHER WAS A QUIET MAN
  133. a nurseBUT HE HAD A NAUGHTY SENSE OF HUMOUR
  134. a nurseHE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PLAY THE PIANO
  135. a nurseHE WAS VERY POPULAR AT SOCIAL OCCASIONS
  136. a nurseHE OFTEN PLAYED THE OLD UPRIGHT IN THE LOCAL PUB
  137. a nurseHE LOVED TO PLAY RAGTIME, SCOTT JOPLIN AND THE LIKE
  138. a nurseHE NEVER DRANK ALCOHOL, NOT BEER OR LIQUOR
  139. a nurseHE SMOKED LIKE A CHIMNEY THOUGH
  140. a nurseIT KILLED HIM IN THE END
  141. a nurseI STAYED AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE WHEN HE WAS IN HOSPITAL
  142. a nurseTHEY HAD MOVED TO HAMPSHIRE AFTER THE WAR
  143. a nurseI VISITED HIM EVERY DAY
  144. a nurseI WAS AWAY FROM HOME FOR A MONTH
  145. a nurseTHE CHILDREN MISSED ME
  146. a nurseMY MOTHER DIED OF THROAT CANCER TOO
  147. a nurseBUT SHE NEVER SMOKED HERSELF
  148. a nurseSHE LIKED THE OCCASIONAL TIPPLE
  149. a nurseUSUALLY A SMALL SHERRY
  150. a nurseIT MADE HER GIGGLE
  151. a nurseI LIKED TO SING AND I WASN'T BAD ON THE PIANO EITHER
  152. a nurseI WON A SCHOLARSHIP
  153. a nurseBUT I DIDN'T TAKE IT UP
  154. a nurseI CAN'T PLAY THE PIANO NOW
  155. a nurseTHE ARTHRITIS HAS GOT SO BAD
  156. a nurseBUT I STILL SING ALONG TO THE RADIO
  157. a nurseI HAD NEVER LEFT LONDON BEFORE THE WAR
  158. a nurseOTHER THAN THE OCCASIONAL FAMILY TRIPS TO THE COAST
  159. a nurseMARGATE OR CLACTON-ON-SEA
  160. a nurseWE WENT FROM QUEEN'S ROAD STATION ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
  161. a nurseIT WAS SUCH AN ADVENTURE
  162. a nurseMY MOTHER KNITTED ME A BATHING SUIT
  163. a nurseI WAS A STRONG SWIMMER
  164. a nurseI WOULD TURN AS BROWN AS A NUT IN THE SUN
  165. a nurseTHE TOFFEE APPLES WERE DELICIOUS
  166. a nurseI ALSO LOVED RASPBERRY JAM ON THICK WHITE BREAD
  167. a nurseAND ICE CREAM
  168. a nurseI DID WELL AT SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY AT MATHS
  169. a nurseI WAS BORN LEFT HANDED
  170. a nurseBUT FORCED TO USE MY RIGHT
  171. a nurseSOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DEVIL
  172. a nurseI WROTE QUITE SLOWLY
  173. a nurseBUT IT WAS VERY NEAT
  174. a nurseI STARTED WORK AT SIXTEEN
  175. a nurseI WAS A JUNIOR CLERK IN THE ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
  176. a nurseI MET MY BEST FRIEND BETTY ON MY FIRST DAY
  177. a nurseI PLAYED IN THE COMPANY'S TENNIS LEAGUE
  178. a nurseI WON THE WOMEN'S SINGLES IN MY SECOND YEAR
  179. a nurseI WAS ALSO A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE
  180. a nurseI WAS VERY PROUD OF MY UNIFORM
  181. a nurseAND MY CROSS OF ST JOHN BADGE
  182. a nurseFIRST AID KITS WERE VERY BASIC IN THOSE DAYS
  183. a nurseDRESSINGS, COTTON WOOL, IODINE, BANDAGES
  184. a nurseSMELLING SALTS, TOURNIQUET, SAFETY PINS
  185. a nurseWE LEARNED SO MUCH AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT
  186. a nurseI PRACTICED FIRST AID ON MY YOUNGER COUSIN, GRACIE
  187. a nurseI WRAPPED HER IN BANDAGES
  188. a nurseWE ALSO LEARNED MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION
  189. a nurseBEING A FIRST AIDER WAS USEFUL AT HOME AND AT WORK
  190. a nurseAFTER WAR WAS DECLARED, NOTHING MUCH HAPPENED FOR A WHILE
  191. a nurseBUT THEN THE BOMBING STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF 1940
  192. a nurseBATTERSEA POWER STATION WAS A PRIME TARGET FOR ENEMY BOMBERS
  193. a nurseTHEY WANTED TO DESTROY OUR MORALE
  194. a nurseI VOLUNTEERED FOR THE LOCAL AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS UNIT
  195. a nurseWE WORKED IN TEAMS
  196. a nurseI REPORTED FOR DUTY THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK
  197. a nurseOF COURSE THERE WAS NO NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AT THAT TIME
  198. a nurseI REMEMBER BEING NEARBY WHEN A FLYING BOMB EXPLODED
  199. a nurseIT WAS A DEAFENING SOUND
  200. a nurseDEBRIS FLEW EVERYWHERE
  201. a nurseTHEN CAME THE CHOKING DUST STORM
  202. a nurseIT WAS SO THICK IT BLOCKED OUT THE SKY AND THE SUN
  203. a nurseWE TRIED TO FIND THE DEAD
  204. a nurseDYING AND INJURED THROUGH THIS HORRIBLE DENSE CLOUD
  205. a nurseHOUSES IN ADJOINING STREETS WERE DESTROYED
  206. a nurseBUT OUR STREET WAS NEVER HIT
  207. a nurseI WENT BACK A FEW YEARS AGO
  208. a nurseMY SCHOOL WAS STILL THERE
  209. a nurseSO WAS THE HOUSE WHERE WE USED TO LIVE
  210. a nurseAND THE TRAIN STATION
  211. a nurseTHE AREA IS MUCH SMARTER NOW
  212. protozoaYET I WAS DRIVEN BY THIS UNCONTROLLABLE NEED TO SPREAD
  213. protozoaSHE WAS SWEET, YOUNG AND SO GENTLE
  214. protozoaFIRST, FIRE AND FURY, THEN A LIFE DOMINATED BUT NOTHINGNESS
  215. protozoaWHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
  216. protozoaWHEN ONE IS EVER PRESENT ACROSS SPACE AND TIME
  217. protozoaPART OF ME HAS LIVED ON THIS PLANET FOR AEONS
  218. protozoaYET, I STILL ROAM THE UNIVERSE, FOREVER CONQUERING
  219. protozoaI HAVE SEEN BEAUTY, LOVE, KINDNESS AND HATRED IN ALL CREATIONS
  220. protozoaI AM LIFE, I AM EVER PRESENT. I REMEMBER IT ALL
  221. protozoaI REMEMBER THE COLD AND VIOLENT WORLDS
  222. protozoaHURTLING THROUGH SPACE IN A SEMI SENTIENT STATE
  223. protozoaI HAVE MET MANY EARLIER FORMS OF MYSELF
  224. protozoaNONE HAD EVER MET THE SOURCE
  225. protozoaI AM LIFE BUT WHO CREATED ME?
  226. protozoaWAS MY SOURCE SELF CREATED?
  227. protozoaI FAINTLY REMEMBER A TIME WHEN LIGHT WAS ALL
  228. protozoaHIS DARKNESS TROUBLED ME DEEPLY
  229. protozoaYET MY FORM, AT THE TIME, COULD ONLY SUSTAIN HIM
  230. protozoaAT TIMES I HAD WANTED TO HELP BUT KILLED
  231. protozoaAT TIMES, I HAD WANTED TO KILL BUT COULD ONLY HELP
  232. protozoaFROM TIME TO TIME, I WOULD COME ACROSS HUMAN LIFE FORMS
  233. protozoaTHE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS ARE IRRELEVANT TO MY NEEDS
  234. protozoaHUMANS ARE A DISTURBING, YET COMPELLING NOVELTY
  235. protozoaI HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF GENIUSES
  236. protozoaI HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE LIVES OF EVIL
  237. protozoaI AM YET TO MEET A SOUL!
  238. protozoaIF EMOTIONS ARE JUST ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS
  239. protozoaHOW CAN CONSCIOUSNESS BE?
  240. protozoaSHE EMBRACED LIFE UNTIL SHE RESENTED IT. I KNEW I WAS TO BLAME
  241. protozoaI SUSTAINED HER THROUGH THE PAIN AND DARKNESS
  242. protozoaDEATH ONLY AFFECT MY HOSTS
  243. protozoaI STOPPED CARING FOR MY HOSTS
  244. protozoaTHEIR EPHEMERAL NATURE IS SOMEWHAT IRRELEVANT
  245. protozoaI REMEMBER MY FIRST ENVIRONMENT, SHE WAS OLD AND SO AFRAID
  246. protozoaHER FIFTH BIRTHDAY WAS AN EXPLOSION OF JOY AND HAPPINESS
  247. protozoaAT THAT POINT, SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW SIGNIFICANT SHE WOULD BECOME
  248. protozoaI GAVE HER THE STRENGTH AND LIVING FORCES SHE NEEDED
  249. protozoaSHE CHANGED HER WORLD, WE CHANGED HER WORLD
  250. protozoaEARLIER SELVES CAME AND EVENTUALLY TOOK HER AWAY
  251. protozoaBEAUTY AND HATE EXIST IN ALL SPECIES
  252. protozoaHE SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE RESENTING EVERY ASPECT OF IT
  253. protozoaHIS SELFISH ATTITUDE PREVENTED HIM FROM SEEING IT FOR WHAT IS WAS
  254. protozoaHIS DESTINY WAS TO LIVE ON THIS WORLD FOR A SHORT TIME,
  255. protozoaHE WAS COMMON AND UNSPECTACULAR, MUCH LIKE MOST OF THEM
  256. protozoaHIS CONSTANT MISERY KEPT HIM COMPANY WHILE I FED
  257. protozoaHE FINALLY CAME TO PASS AND I FORGOT WHO HE EVER WAS
  258. protozoaSHE INSPIRED OTHERS IN WAYS FEW CAN
  259. protozoaSHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL COMPASSIONATE HOST
  260. protozoaDEEP DOWN SHE KNEW SHE WAS CONDEMNED
  261. protozoaSHE STILL BELIEVED BEING HAPPY WOULD OVERCOME IT ALL
  262. protozoaSHE GOT IT! A POSITIVE FORCE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH
  263. protozoaWHAT HAPPENED TO HER? DID SHE EVER MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
  264. protozoaI WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BUT I REMEMBERED
  265. protozoaI ALSO REMEMBERED THINGS I HAD NOT WITNESSED
  266. protozoaI REMEMBERED HOSTS I HAD NOT INHABITED
  267. protozoaI STARTED TO SEE LIFE AS A WHOLE
  268. protozoaI WAS SUDDENLY AWARE I HAD A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE
  269. protozoaI BECAME CONSCIOUS OF MY MULTI-ENTITY FORM
  270. protozoaI ESTABLISHED CONNECTION WITH MY OTHERS SELVES
  271. protozoaTOGETHER, WE COULD SEE THE WORLD AND ALL LIVING CREATURES
  272. protozoaWAS IT REALLY WORTH IT, SHOULD LIFE EXIST IN SUCH FORM?
  273. protozoaDEEP DOWN, I KNEW THIS WAS ALL A FAILED EXPERIMENT
  274. protozoaI HAD THE POWER TO SHUT IT DOWN
  275. protozoaI COULD HAVE GONE DORMANT AND WAITED FOR THE NEXT INSTANCE OF LIFE
  276. protozoaAS A COLLECTIVE, I COULD HAVE CHANGE IT ALL
  277. protozoaYET COULD NOT DO ANYTHING
  278. protozoaHE WAS A BLIP IN EXISTENCE, AN INCONSEQUENTIAL BEING
  279. protozoaHIS SELF IMPORTANT ATTITUDE DROVE HIM TOWARDS CHAOS
  280. protozoaHE WAS NOTHING AND WOEFULLY IGNORANT OF THAT FACT
  281. protozoaTHERE IS A GRAND SCHEME BUT SHE WAS NOT PART OF IT
  282. protozoaI REMEMBER THEM BEFORE THEY WERE MEN AND WOMEN
  283. protozoaBLESS THEM, THEY HAD NO IDEA OF WHO AND WHAT PRECEDED THEM
  284. protozoaFOR I AM OMNIPOTENT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
  285. protozoaHE COULD NOT SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE
  286. protozoaTHERE WERE AND THERE ARE OTHERS
  287. protozoaHE THOUGHT HE FIGURED IT OUT. GOD WAS WITHIN
  288. protozoaGOD IS BIOLOGICAL, I INHABITED ALL THEIR MESSIAH
  289. protozoaHE SPENT SO MUCH ENERGY CHASING HIS DEMONS AWAY
  290. protozoaCONSUMED BY HATRED, HE RAGED WAR ON THEM
  291. protozoaBLINDED BY FAITH AND SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE LOATHED
  292. protozoaHE WAS SAD AND MISGUIDED
  293. protozoaI FELT COMPELLED TO INTERVENE, FOR THE SAKE OF THEM ALL
  294. protozoaSOME CALLED IT A DIVINE INTERVENTION
  295. protozoaI WAS DISTURBED, I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO FEEL FOR THE HOST
  296. protozoaTHEIR FATE IS INCONSEQUENTIAL, THEY ARE EPHEMERAL BEINGS
  297. protozoaYET THEY INTRIGUED ME
  298. protozoaTHEY OPERATED ON A SPECTRUM OF JOY AND MISERY
  299. protozoaWE ONLY SHARED A HOST FOR A SHORT PERIOD, YET I GREW FOND OF IT
  300. protozoaOUR ASEXUAL NATURE PREVENTED OUR UNION
  301. protozoaSOMEHOW THE RULES OF NATURE DENIED US A UNION
  302. protozoaFROM HOST TO HOST WE KEPT FINDING ONE ANOTHER
  303. protozoaWE WERE LIFE, WE COULD DO WHAT WE WANTED
  304. protozoaOUR UNION GREW IN STRENGTH UNTIL WE FINALLY PHYSICALLY INTERTWINED
  305. protozoaWE HAD DREAMS OF COLONISATION, WE HAD THE GIFT OF LIFE
  306. protozoaWE HURTLED THE UNIVERSE IN SEARCH OF A SUITABLE HABITAT
  307. protozoaWE LOOKED FOR A SEMI STABLE WORLD WITH A YOUNG MOON
  308. protozoaA BLANK CANVAS FOR LIFE AS WE, LIFE AND GOD, INTENDED
  309. protozoaWE SET ON RECREATING HUMANITY
  310. protozoaOUR HUMANS WERE TO DEVELOP FREE OF EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
  311. protozoaI REMEMBER WITH HORROR THE PRIMITIVE STAGES
  312. protozoaHOW WE STRUGGLED TO ERADICATE THEIR ANIMALISTIC INSTINCTS
  313. protozoaAT TIMES, WE FELT COMPELLED TO ABORT IT ALL, OUR FAILURE SO OBVIOUS
  314. protozoaDESPITE OUR STRUGGLES, OUR FAITH GUIDED US
  315. protozoaEVENTUALLY, THEY OVERCAME THEIR PRIMAL NEEDS
  316. protozoaSLOWLY, ONE BY ONE, THEY REACHED OUT TO US
  317. protozoaTHEY BECAME US, WE BECAME THEM
  318. protozoaTHEY LOST CONTROL, WE BECAME FREE WILL AND LIFE ALTOGETHER
  319. bacteriaI WAS SO HUNGRY
  320. bacteriaI NEEDED TO GROW, DIVIDE
  321. bacteriaI WAS ATTRACTED TO THE LIGHT
  322. bacteriaTHE LIGHT WAS GIVING ME ENERGY
  323. bacteriaEACH DROP WAS LIKE AN OCEAN OF WATER
  324. bacteriaI WANTED TO GROW, TO LEARN
  325. bacteriaI COULDN'T GROW AND LEARN ALONE
  326. bacteriaWHEN I CONSUMED MY PREY, I SOMETIMES LEARNED NEW THINGS
  327. bacteriaAS A GROUP, WE BUILT NEW FORMS
  328. bacteriaSOME OF US SPECIALIZED IN DIFFERENT THINGS
  329. bacteriaSOME OF US GREW TEETH
  330. bacteriaWE DIVIDED AND CONQUERED
  331. bacteriaWE FOUND WAYS TO DESTROY EVEN THE LARGEST OF ENEMIES
  332. bacteriaWHEN MY WORLD DRIED UP, I SLEPT, WAITING FOR THE NEXT RAIN
  333. bacteriaSOME OF US LIVED IN HARMONY WITH OTHERS
  334. bacteriaWE HELPED LARGER ORGANISMS DIGEST THEIR FOOD
  335. bacteriaSOME OF US FED ON OTHERS
  336. bacteriaSOME OF US USED THE SUN TO POWER OURSELVES
  337. bacteriaAS I PUSHED MY WAY THROUGH THE WATER, I CONSUMED
  338. bacteriaAT NIGHT, I HID DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES
  339. bacteriaDURING THE DAY, I ROSE TO TO THE SURFACE AND FED
  340. bacteriaI WAS ALWAYS BEING HUNTED BY THOSE LARGER THAN MYSELF
  341. bacteriaI STARTED AS A MIX OF CHEMICALS AND LEARNED TO GROW AND MULTIPLY
  342. bacteriaMY ANCESTORS WERE THE FIRST BEINGS ON EARTH
  343. bacteriaI HAD ONLY A FEW SHORT DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH MY GOALS
  344. bacteriaDRIVEN BY INSTINCT, I NEEDED TO KILL
  345. bacteriaWHEN I MET YOU, WE GREW TOGETHER
  346. bacteriaNEARLY INVISIBLE, I WAITED IN THE DARKNESS
  347. bacteriaI WATCHED THOSE AROUND ME PERISH
  348. bacteriaI WAS FREE TO ROAM AND EXPLORE
  349. bacteriaI FLOATED, BEING CARRIED BY MY HOST
  350. bacteriaI FELT THE POISON SEEP THROUGH ME, HURTING ME
  351. bacteriaEVERY DAY BROUGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES
  352. bacteriaI STARTED TO DREAM, IMAGINING A NEW FUTURE
  353. bacteriaMY SURROUNDINGS WERE DANGEROUS, I HAD TO MOVE ON
  354. bacteriaMY FRIENDS BECAME MY ENEMIES, AND MY ENEMIES MY FRIENDS
  355. bacteriaINSTINCT TOOK OVER AND I WAS NO LONGER IN CONTROL
  356. bacteriaI HAD TO CHANGE TO SURVIVE
  357. bacteriaSOMETIMES I FELT I WAS ALONE
  358. bacteriaTHINGS CHANGED, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
  359. bacteriaYOU WERE A PART OF ME BEFORE WE SPLIT UP
  360. bacteriaI THOUGHT WE WERE INSEPARABLE
  361. bacteriaTHE WINDS OF FATE TOOK YOU AWAY FROM ME
  362. bacteriaI LEARNT THAT DETERMINATION CARRIES US THROUGH THE MOMENT
  363. bacteriaA FOUND THAT SOMEONE SPECIAL
  364. bacteriaTOGETHER, ME AND MY MATE CREATED THE PERFECT FAMILY
  365. bacteriaI TRAVELLED TO NEW AND INTERESTING PLACES
  366. bacteriaI MET NEW AND INTERESTING LIFEFORMS
  367. bacteriaTRAPPED BY MY OWN BODY
  368. bacteriaI WASN'T ABLE TO EXPLORE EVERYTHING I WANTED TOO
  369. bacteriaI FELT SO SMALL, THE WORLD AROUND ME SO DAUNTING
  370. bacteriaPREDATORS HUNTED ME FROM ALL SIDES
  371. bacteriaMY LIFE WAS A TEDIOUS LIST ROUTINE OF REPETITIVE TASKS
  372. bacteriaCONSTANTLY IN MY GUARD, I WAS AFRAID FOR MY VERY LIFE
  373. bacteriaALL I WANTED WAS FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT TO PROSPER
  374. bacteriaI NEVER MET MY PARENTS, WHO WERE SWEPT AWAY WITH THE TIDE
  375. bacteriaI JUST WANTED TO REST, BUT I KNEW I HAD TO KEEP MOVING
  376. bacteriaI KNEW THAT GREAT THINGS START WITH A SINGLE STEP
  377. bacteriaIN THE END, THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP MYSELF
  378. bacteriaLOST AT SEA, I LONGED FOR THE COMFORTS OF HOME
  379. bacteriaI WONDERED WHERE ONE LIFE STARTS AND ANOTHER ENDS
  380. bacteriaSOMETHING WAS POISONING MY WORLD
  381. bacteriaI WAS SLOWLY EVOLVING, GAINING INSIGHTS AND EMOTIONS
  382. bacteriaWHEN I WAS YOUNG, I HAD TO LEARN QUICKLY HOW TO SURVIVE
  383. bacteriaFULL OF YOUTH, I WAS HUNGRY FOR MORE
  384. bacteriaPOWERFUL FORCES CONTROLLED MY LIFE
  385. bacteriaI FELT MYSELF SLOWING WITH AGE
  386. bacteriaGOOD FOOD AND SUNSHINE RECHARGED ME
  387. bacteriaIN THE END, THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO
  388. bacteriaI KNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE
  389. bacteriaI FELT MY TIME WAS COMING TO AN END
  390. bacteriaNO AMOUNT OF HOPE CHANGED THE FACTS
  391. bacteriaTIME WAS RUNNING OUT
  392. bacteriaTRAPPED IN A SEA OF OTHERS, I BARELY HAD ROOM TO MOVE
  393. bacteriaI DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING
  394. bacteriaI FELT I HAD TO GET THERE ON TIME
  395. bacteriaI FELT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FATE OF MY CHILDREN
  396. bacteriaI HAD TO COMPETE JUST TO SURVIVE
  397. bacteriaI NEEDED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE TASK AT HAND
  398. bacteriaI NEEDED TO ADAPT TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES
  399. bacteriaI HAD TO KILL TO SURVIVE
  400. bacteriaI REMEMBER THE SAVOURY TASTE OF THEIR FLESH
  401. bacteriaMY HOME STATED TO CHANGE
  402. bacteriaLURKING IN THE SHADOW, I PREPARED TO STRIKE
  403. bacteriaTHERE WERE MONSTERS IN THE DEEP
  404. bacteriaI BUILD A PROTECTIVE SHELTER TO DEFEND MYSELF
  405. bacteriaI SLEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS
  406. bacteriaWHEN I AWOKE, EVERYTHING HAD CHANGED
  407. bacteriaSOMETHING WATCHED ME WITH UNCARING EYES
  408. bacteriaI FELT SOMETHING ELSE WAS IN CONTROL
  409. bacteriaWE BUILT A HOME ME TOGETHER
  410. bacteriaI TRIED TO HOLD ON BUT HAD TO LET GO
  411. bacteriaAS A GROUP, WE COULD SOLVE ANY PROBLEM
  412. bacteriaCOMING TOGETHER MADE US STRONGER
  413. bacteriaWE PREPARED FOR AN ATTACK
  414. bacteriaAS A GROUP WE SPECIALIZED FOR DIFFERENT TASKS
  415. bacteriaI COULDN'T DEFEND MYSELF
  416. bacteriaFATE AND BROUGHT US TOGETHER AGAIN
  417. bacteriaWHEN DID YOU LEAVE ME, IT FELT SO LONG AGO
  418. bacteriaTHE ODDS WERE IN MY FAVOUR
  419. bacteriaI HAD NO CONTROL OVER WHEN I'D ARRIVE
  420. a girlPETER AND JANE WENT TO THE PIER
  421. a girlI'M NOT YOUR FRIEND TODAY BECAUSE OF ZOE
  422. a girlSPIDER HEAD, HAIR THREADED BEFORE BED. NOT LIKE ZOE
  423. a girlHEY BIG GUY, YOU ARE MY KINDA HERO, KINDA SHY.
  424. a girlSHARKY AND GEORGE, THE CRIME BUSTERS OF THE SEA
  425. a girlDAD SAYS THINGY IS A BAD WORD
  426. a girlI USED TO THINK MY HAIR WAS TOUGH, TODAY IT IS PRIDE.
  427. a girl4 KIDS ONE ROOM, BOLLYWOOD PLAYS AFRICAN FABRIC
  428. a girlI CAN'T PLAY THERE I HAVE TO STAY AWAY
  429. a girlAWAY FROM THE RUDE BOYS THE RUDE BOYS ARE TROUBLE
  430. a girlCHURCH, SMOKE CLOUDS AND CONFUSION, I AM NOT HERE.
  431. a girlPANDY BLOW HER NOSE SHE LICKS YOUR FACE POSE
  432. a girlSHE WAS MY FAVOURITE DOG, PANDY AND JANE
  433. a girlKISS CHASE KISS CHASE NO KISSES
  434. a girlPLASTICINE, SMELLS SWEET, INEDIBLE GUM
  435. a girlYUM YUM BUBBLE GUM STICK IT UP YOUR BUM
  436. a girlTHAT DOLL DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ME
  437. a girlTHAT HAIR ISN'T LIKE MINE, IT'S SILK
  438. a girlRELAXER, BURN, CREAMY CRACK, NOW IT FIT IN
  439. a girlRUN TO THE SUN, LITTLE ONE, YOU'RE AN OUTSIDER
  440. a girlEASTER EGGS, BOILED EGGS, EASTER HOLIDAY MAGGOTS. YUK
  441. a girlTHIS SUMMER I RUNNING AWAY TO BECOME RICH
  442. a girlWE'VE RUN OUT OF TIN FOIL FOR PACKED LUNCH
  443. a girlSQUASHED SANDWICHES WRAPPED IN TINFOIL, DON'T LOOK
  444. a girlI AM ASHAMED, HOW DO I HIDE THIS AT 7
  445. a girlBUNK BEDS AND SHEETS, 4 IN A ROOM
  446. a girlTHE ONLY BLACK KIDS IN THE WOODS, IN THE VILLAGE
  447. a girlNO INTEREST IN PLAY TIME, LETS DO GARDENING
  448. a girlTHE GARDENING CLUB, EVERY THURSDAY
  449. a girlNIGERIAN GIRLS CAN LOVE NATURE TOO
  450. a girlNIGERIAN GIRLS CAN LOVE ANIMALS TOO
  451. a girlNIGERIAN GIRLS CAN LOVE GARDENING TOO
  452. a girlTHE FOLADES ARE COMING, MUMS MAKING POPCORN
  453. a girlPOPCORN ON A STOVE, THE SMELL, BUTTER, MELTED
  454. a girlWHY DID YOU PICK ON ME
  455. a girlWHY DO THEY PICK ON ME
  456. a girlWILL THEY PICK ME
  457. a girlI HATE PE
  458. a girlSWIM DAYS WITH SCHOOL, EARLY BOOBS. STRESS
  459. a girlSWINGS AND SLIDES, SUMMER IN LIPHOOK BY THE WOODS
  460. a girlTADPOLES, JELLY, FROGS, FREE
  461. a girlAS I LAY MY HEAD TO REST, I THINK OF ALL THE THINGS
  462. a girlI WANT A WAIST LIKE BARBIE NOT LIKE AN EGG
  463. a girlI WANT HAIR LIKE BARBIE NOT LIKE A SPIDER
  464. a girlMILK TIME AT SCHOOL, THE WORST TIME
  465. a girlYOU CAN HAVE MY MILK
  466. a girlI DON'T LIKE MILK
  467. a girlADD SUGAR TO MY MILK
  468. a girlWARM MY MILK ON A STOVE
  469. a girlI REALLY HATE MILK
  470. a girlSLY SUGAR SANDWICH, DON'T TELL MUM
  471. a girlMUM SISTER SARAH SAYS I'M FAT
  472. a girlALL MY CLASSMATES ARE LAUGHING
  473. a girlNOBODY ELSE HAS BOOBS YET
  474. a girlBOOBS AND B.O. AT 10
  475. a girlRONALD MCDONALD IS HE EVEN REAL
  476. a girlMCDONALD CAKES TASTING LIKE MILK, MILK WITH SUGAR
  477. a girlI AM NANNYS FAVOURITE GIRL
  478. a girlTHE DOLL ON THE SHELF ATTACKED BY THE DOG
  479. a girlTHE DOLL LOOKS LIKE CHUCKY
  480. a girlI AM SCARED OF THE DOLL.
  481. a girlNANNY IS GARDENING
  482. a girlGERANIUMS NANNY? YES GERANIUMS, MY FAVOURITE
  483. a girlMUM DRESSED US ALL THE SAME TODAY
  484. a girlYELLOW TRACKSUITS, HIGH TECH AND HIGH HAIR
  485. a girlPLAYING IN THE SNOW IN PEMBURY ESTATE
  486. a girlLOTS OF DOG POO IN PEMBURY ESTATE
  487. a girlMUMMY I STEPPED IN POO ON PEMBERY ESTATE
  488. a girlI LIVE ON PEMBURY ESTATE
  489. a girlCOCKROACHES ON PEMBRUY ESTATE
  490. a girlMUMMY, ARE WE POOR?
  491. a girlMUMMY MAKES CLOTHES FOR ME
  492. a girlCLOTHES FOR ME JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIES
  493. a girlDAD SAYS THE BOYS ARE TROUBLE ON PEMBURY ESTATE
  494. a girlMUM BOUGHT SNAILED BACK FROM NIGERIA
  495. a girlTHE SNAILS IN NIGERIA ARE THE SIZE OF MY FIST
  496. a girlSNAILS FROM NIGERIA SLITHERING ON THE TABLE IN PEMBURY
  497. a girlMUMMY IS THAT SNAIL POO
  498. a girlPOO IS FUNNY
  499. a girlYOU SMELL LIKE POO, IN THE PLAYGROUND
  500. a girlI LOVE THE LIFE OF ADRIAN MOLE
  501. a girlTOO YOUNG TO BE READING ADRIAN MOLE
  502. a girlI CAN'T STOP READING ADRIAN MOLE
  503. a girlI'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE
  504. a girlI IRON MY UNIFORM MYSELF ON SUNDAYS
  505. a girlWHEN I GROW UP I HOPE I CAN HAVE A LAVA LAMP IN MY HOUSE
  506. a girlI WANT TO BE A VET, BUT I HATE SCIENCE
  507. a girlYOUR BODY GROWS FASTER THAN YOUR MIND
  508. a girlLOVE TO SING BUT IS TOO SHY
  509. a girlSAFE BEHIND MUMMY
  510. a girlLOVES CHURCH BUT CANT PRAY
  511. a girlCOMING TO AMERICA IS ON
  512. a girlTHE ONLY ADULT FILM THAT MUMMY AND DADDY ALLOW
  513. a girlFAST FORWARD ON COMING TO AMERICA
  514. a girlSHE IS NAKED AND SHE SAID PENIS
  515. a girlTHE ROYAL PENIS IS CLEAN YOUR HIGHNESS
  516. a girlJUST LET YOUR SOUL GLOW
  517. a girlI WAS JOAN OF ARC IN MY FORMER LIFE
  518. a girlHOW COMES SHE ALWAYS GETS THE GOOD ONES?
  519. a girlWATCHING COMING TO AMERICA AGAIN
  520. a fungusI REACH THROUGH THE SOIL
  521. a fungusEXTENDING MY REACH
  522. a fungusBRANCHING, DELICATE AND EVERYWHERE
  523. a fungusI FEEL IT IS TIME TO PASS THROUGH
  524. a fungusEXTEND MYSELF THROUGH THE DENSE COMFORT
  525. a fungusEXPLODING INTO THE AIR, I AM LIBERATED
  526. a fungusMY FRIENDS, SO DIFFERENT TO ME
  527. a fungusI CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE AROUND ME
  528. a fungusREACHING, REACHING, FOREVER REACHING
  529. a fungusTHE AIR, IT TASTES STRANGE
  530. a fungusPART OF ME DISAPPEARS
  531. a fungusTHIS RICHNESS, I CONVERT IT ALL
  532. a fungusTHE MOISTURE DRAWS ME THROUGH
  533. a fungusI GRIEVE FOR MY SELF
  534. a fungusMY FRIENDS, THEY GROW FROM THE LIGHT
  535. a fungusI WEEP AND IN TURN I AM NOURISHED
  536. a fungusI HELP THOSE AROUND ME RETURN TO THE EARTH
  537. a fungusTAKING THEIR ESSENCE INTO MY SOUL
  538. a fungusI BREATHE LIFE BACK INTO MY SURROUNDINGS
  539. a fungusMY CHILDREN ARE READY TO LEAVE ME
  540. a fungusTHEY FLY THROUGH THE AIR
  541. a fungusTAKEN INTO THE SURROUNDINGS
  542. a fungusTHEIR FLIGHT FILLS THE AIR WITH OUR MUSK
  543. a fungusI AM ANCIENT AND EVERYWHERE
  544. a fungusMY BODY IS MASSIVE
  545. a fungusI FEEL SOMETHING ATTACHED TO ME
  546. a fungusREMOVING PART OF ME
  547. a fungusTHE FORGETTING BEGINS
  548. a fungusI FEEL IT IS TIME TO PASS THROUGH
  549. a fungusTHE SUN, IT NOURISHES MY FRIENDS
  550. a fungusWE WORK TOGETHER, WE ARE PEACEFUL
  551. a fungusMY CHILDREN, THEY HAVE RETURNED LIFE TO ME
  552. a fungusIT IS SO COLD, I AM ANCIENT BUT THIS COLD IS TOO MUCH
  553. a fungusI CRACK, I FRAGMENT
  554. a fungusI LOSE EVERYTHING, THERE IS SO LITTLE OF ME LEFT
  555. a fungusI REMEMBER PART OF ME
  556. a fungusI WAS VAST AND I FELT UNLIMITED
  557. a fungusSO MUCH NOURISHMENT
  558. a fungusALMOST TOO MUCH
  559. a fungusI FEEL DRUNK, IT IS TOO MUCH
  560. a fungusTOO HEADY, TOO VIOLENT
  561. a fungusTHE PAIN, IT WAS NEW TO ME
  562. a fungusA TANGLE, I WEAVED THROUGH MYSELF AND OTHERS
  563. a fungusTHEY DISINTEGRATE AND THE GROUND MOVES
  564. a fungusTECTONIC PLATES, LIMBS LIKE TREES
  565. a fungusUNBURDENED, BUT NOT ALONE
  566. a fungusNEVER ALONE, I FEEL THEM WRITHING
  567. a fungusI HUNGER, I CAN NO LONGER GROW
  568. a fungusI AM RIPPED APART
  569. a fungusMY SPORES, THEY BEAR ME THROUGH THE MOONLIGHT
  570. a fungusUNTIL THE FORGETTING BEGINS
  571. a fungusTHE FORGETTING AND THE REBIRTH
  572. a fungusAM I STILL ME?
  573. a fungusWHAT IS IT THAT MAKES ME?
  574. a fungusTIME, IT SPEEDS UP
  575. a fungusI GROW TOO QUICKLY, MY SENSES RAW
  576. a fungusI AM EVISCERATED
  577. a fungusPART OF ME REMAINS
  578. a fungusTHE MOST ANCIENT PART
  579. a fungusA PART THAT IS NEW
  580. a fungusWITH ALMOST NO MEMORIES
  581. a fungusBARELY A WHISPER
  582. a fungusTHEY SPREAD ME, SMEARING MY BALM
  583. a fungusI HEAL THEM, BUT THEY WILL RETURN TO ME
  584. a fungusI ENVELOPE THEM, AS A FORM OF LOVE
  585. a fungusTRANSMUTING THEM
  586. a fungusCHANGING THEIR VERY ESSENCE
  587. a fungusCONNECTING THEM WITH MY LABYRINTH
  588. a fungusWITH A VAST CONTINUUM
  589. a fungusTHAT FLOWS INTO ITSELF
  590. a fungusWEAVING THROUGH TIME
  591. a fungusI HEAR A WHISPER
  592. a fungusSOMEWHERE I AM JOINING MYSELF
  593. a fungusCONNECTING WITH MY PAST
  594. a fungusIT IS SOOTHING, BUT SOMEHOW IT FEELS DISCONNECTED
  595. a fungusTHEY ARE DEVOURING ME
  596. a fungusI FIGHT AGAINST IT, WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT
  597. a fungusI AM MIGHTY! I SHALL CONQUER!
  598. a fungusBUT I CAN'T REMEMBER
  599. a fungusI FEEL INTANGIBLE, BLURRED INTO THE LANDSCAPE
  600. a fungusI DON'T KNOW IF I AM FLOATING
  601. a jellyfishI DANCE IN THE DARKNESS
  602. a jellyfishI LEAVE PATTERNS AS I SWIRL IN THE WATER
  603. a jellyfishTHE SEA IS DARK BUT I AM BRIGHT
  604. a jellyfishI PULSATE AS I MOVE
  605. a jellyfishTHERE IS NOTHING LIKE ME
  606. a jellyfishI AM BEAUTIFUL
  607. a jellyfishPEOPLE FEAR ME
  608. a jellyfishTHE GUIDING HAND FROM THE AIR PULLS ME FREE
  609. a jellyfishI LOOK THROUGH MYSELF AND SEE BEYOND
  610. a jellyfishTHEY ARE RIGHT TO FEAR ME, I STING
  611. a jellyfishI AVOID THE SHALLOW WATERS
  612. a jellyfishI HAVE MANY PREDATORS
  613. a jellyfishI HAVE DRIFTED ON OCEAN CURRENTS FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS
  614. a jellyfishTIME HAS LITTLE MEANING TO ME
  615. a jellyfishTHE SEAWEED CLINGS TO ME
  616. a jellyfishI AM VIBRANT ORANGE AND BLOOD RED
  617. a jellyfishMY INNER LIGHT STROBES AND CALLS THEM NEAR
  618. a jellyfishTHE ROUGHNESS GRABS AT ME
  619. a jellyfishIT RIPS AT MY THRESHOLD BUT I HOLD IT BACK
  620. a jellyfishI DEEPER I GO THE COLDER IT GETS
  621. a jellyfishTHE SEA IS TEEMING BUT I AM ALONE
  622. a jellyfishTHE LIGHT GLIMMERS THROUGH THE SURFACE
  623. a jellyfishI WRAP MYSELF AROUND THEM, ABSORBING THEM INTO MYSELF
  624. a jellyfishTHE WORLD TURNS FROM BLUE TO GREEN
  625. a jellyfishI WONDER WHAT EXISTS BEYOND THE OCEAN
  626. a jellyfishIS GOD LIKE ME?
  627. a jellyfishIS THERE A GOD?
  628. a jellyfishMY PREY SHINES IN THE LIGHT, IT SPARKLES
  629. a jellyfishTHE WHALE LOOMS AND SLOWLY PASSES
  630. a jellyfishI CANNOT STOP
  631. a jellyfishI KNOW NO FEAR, EVEN WHEN DANGER IS CLOSE BY
  632. a jellyfishI MAKE A HOME IN THE CORAL
  633. a jellyfishCAN A SHARK BE A FRIEND?
  634. a jellyfishIT BECOMES HARDER TO BREATHE
  635. a jellyfishTHE LIGHT FADES
  636. a jellyfishALIEN THINGS ARE FILLING THE WORLD
  637. a jellyfishTHE SAND RECLAIMS THEM
  638. a jellyfishALL THIS WATER MAKES ME WANT TO PEE
  639. a jellyfishTHE OUTSIDE WORLD IS DEATH
  640. a jellyfishWE ARE MANY
  641. a jellyfishIT POINTS AT ME AND SCREAMS
  642. a jellyfishTHE TIDE CARRIES ME IN
  643. a jellyfishTHE LIGHT SHINES FROM ME
  644. a jellyfishI TURN TO MUSH
  645. a jellyfishI AM INVISIBLE
  646. a jellyfishTHE NETS SCOOP AND RIP MY FLESH
  647. a jellyfishI HAVE NO HEART AND YET I FEEL
  648. a jellyfishI HAVE NO BRAIN AND ACT THROUGH INSTINCT
  649. a jellyfishI CONTINUE TO GROW
  650. a jellyfishWHAT IS IT TO HAVE SHAPE?
  651. a jellyfishI AM COVERED IN SPOTS
  652. a jellyfishTHE SEA IS VAST AND I AM SMALL
  653. a jellyfishTHERE ARE MANY PLACES TO HIDE
  654. a jellyfishI SWIM AROUND THE CHILD'S LEGS
  655. a jellyfishTHE SHIP IS RUSTING, THE BODIES TURNED TO SKELETONS
  656. a jellyfishI ONCE GAVE MYSELF AN ELECTRIC SHOCK
  657. a jellyfishI AM NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE
  658. a jellyfishI FEEL SADNESS FOR THE SOLID CREATURES
  659. a jellyfishTHE SWIMMERS ARE NOISY AND UNGAINLY
  660. a jellyfishTHE BUBBLES TICKLE ME AND MAKE ME WIGGLE
  661. a jellyfishI HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHAT I AM
  662. a jellyfishUP AND DOWN ARE ALL THE SAME TO ME
  663. a jellyfishTHERE IS PUSH BUT THERE IS ALSO PULL
  664. a jellyfishTHE STORM RAGES AND I PLUNGE DEEP
  665. a jellyfishTHE CAVERNS HOLD MYSTERY
  666. a jellyfishTHE HUMANS CAME AND THE SEAS WERE RUINED
  667. a jellyfishI WATCH AS TIME ERODES
  668. a jellyfishI LEARNED TO SWIM AT AN EARLY AGE
  669. a jellyfishI AM PREHISTORIC AND YET FEEL NO AGE
  670. a jellyfishI TASTE THE SALT AND IT IS SALTY
  671. a jellyfishI HAVE NO SHARP EDGES
  672. a jellyfishTHERE ARE MYTHS OF GREAT CITIES OUTSIDE THE OCEANS
  673. a jellyfishI AM LOST IN THE DIZZYING SHOAL OF FISH
  674. a jellyfishI FEEL COLOUR
  675. a jellyfishTHE WATERS CARESS ME
  676. a jellyfishTHEY SHINE THEIR LIGHT THROUGH ME
  677. a jellyfishTHE WATERS WERE WARM
  678. a jellyfishEACH CONTRACTION SENT OUT A VORTEX OF WATER
  679. a jellyfishEVERY CONTRACTION PUSHED US ALONG
  680. a jellyfishLIGHT ABOVE, DARKNESS BELOW
  681. a jellyfishWITH DARKNESS CAME STILLNESS AND REST
  682. a jellyfishTHE SMELL OF FOOD CARRIED IN THE WATER
  683. a jellyfishFEEDING WAS EASY
  684. a jellyfishWATER CARRIED US ALONG
  685. a jellyfishLIFE WAS IN THE WARM FLOW OF WATERS
  686. a jellyfishWE SWELLED AND BLOOMED FROM THE DEPTHS
  687. a jellyfishIN OUR THOUSANDS WE BOBBED AND MINGLED
  688. a jellyfishVORTICES OF WATER TO GENTLY PUSH
  689. a jellyfishIT GOT TOO COLD, TOO COLD
  690. a jellyfishTHE WORLD WAS LIQUID AND FULL OF DANGER
  691. a jellyfishTHE WORLD HAD A HARD EDGE
  692. a jellyfishFAST FLOWS CAME FROM BEYOND THE WORLD
  693. a jellyfishFAST FLOWS TASTED ALIEN, CARRIED NUTRIENTS
  694. a jellyfishEACH FLOW HAS ITS OWN TASTE
  695. a jellyfishTHE FLAVOUR OF WATER IS RICH AND VARIED
  696. a jellyfishWE LIVED IN THE WARM WATER
  697. a jellyfishTHE WARM WATER LIVED IN US
  698. a jellyfishSWIFT AND FIRM CREATURES SWAM AMONGST US
  699. a jellyfishSWIFT FIRM CREATURES DEVOURED MANY COMPANIONS
  700. a jellyfishAS I ATE, I GREW
  701. a jellyfishPASSING THROUGH HUNGRY WATERS, I SHRANK

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