70%

70%

Part A

Moist
Organs
70%
As I am
Now
Shrink-back, tightening
Reduction on exposure
Blown round forms
Naturally used to containment
Openness invites alien hostility
An atmospheric astringent
It is all over
Exposure

I hang
Slit, gaping, all
But flapping on this dry wind
Grace blown apart
My broken water
No longer the full immersion
Required for homeostasis



70%

Part B

Ruptured
Breach
Rending
The largest organ
Dysfunctional stationary
Systems remain enclosed
On prospective continuance

Despite evaporation
Vanity’s futile supply
Salivation weeping
Mucus lubrication
More than membranes permeable
Air converts to blood
But millimeters
From the expanse
On which it’s drawn

Slit
From anus to nostril
Allowing . . .
Curtains more splayed than drawn
Gradually darkening organs
Dry on a contact
Dehydration congealing

Water reliance
Inhibits electrical impulse
Conductivity
Exposed
Synapse to synapse
Serotonin crystallized
Solid

Circuits obstructed
Loops
Reflected
Refracted

Hung
Draining below
Exposed
Evaporating above

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50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
5%
Desiccation