i alone may consume
for my hunger is vast and wide
for my hunger is deep and empty
for my hunger is broad and justly
and for all that all is worth
i will feast on the empty Void--
-- its vast emptiness makes space in my belly
i will feast on the clusters of stars--
-- their fiery warmth a comfort within me
i will feast on the spattering of planets--
-- like rubies and sapphires, elevating my worth
i will feast on the minds of life--
-- the most delectable of all.
i alone will swallow the all of everything
for forever will i feel an ache
an emptiness in my belly,
that existed at the time of my birth.
that predates my birth, an unyielding curse
bestowed by the cruel calculus of existence
i alone will eat my fill
and give birth to the patrons of my ceaselessness
filling their minds with myself, and i myself
but i alone will not experience such malefic chaos
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