We Are All Made of Stars

We are all made of stars

hippy sentiments, truth

glittering sparks of

creativity and life

light up the world

burn brighter than

though never quite

the sun

we are all made of stars

space dust, atmospheric

atomic sized particles

melded together by

the crushing of bodies

together

more than nine months

cosmic gestational

embryonic nebulae

when our formation

is hidden in plain sight

we are all made of stars

but

we are also made of blood

sinew, muscles, bones

with varying densities

we are also made of shit

pus, urine, periodic

menstrual blood

water, lots of clear

water, unless it's

past

the winding tracts

of intestines

and uterus

drink water

for clear piss

eat better

for less

putrid

shit

because being human is messy

emotionally, politically

societally, personally

bodily

we are made of everything

disgusting and unsanitary

made all the more beautiful

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Our creation is in the dirt

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The blood rushing passion

of love and lust and sex

and the pretty pretty gore

of intimacy

we live, breathe, eat, drink

fuck, shit, piss, cum, bleed

beautiful beasts, always

in repose, always

in decline.

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