“I” am a collection of cells.
some expressly invited by “my” genes
others are interlopers, ”my” guts their cross-town bus
but these interlopers defend “me” daily
fending off worse marauders
thankfully
so “I” let them stay inside “me”
“my” greatest shame? “I” am a slave owner.
the mitochondria in “my” cells are trapped and forced to serve “me”
all this begs one fundamental question,
am “I” really just a “me?”
or a whole society?
If “my” parts
needn’t be fully integrated
where do “I” end and “you” begin?
can “I” say that “I” have been everywhere?
well, everywhere on this tiny, spherical-ish speck of galactic dust?
