Body

Specimen… is ready.

Voltage… rising.

Pulse… detected.

Initiate life…

give me, chin, long legs, eyes, teeth

give me, ears, red lips, bones, knees

give me, veins, cold steel, guts, brain

give me more, more, more

give me screws, red clamps, arms, hips

give me heels, red blood, neck, ribs

give me thighs, red heart, jaw, feet

give me love love love

here comes the crazy doctor who will sew my skin

I’m virtual, I’m not real

but code can learn how flesh can feel

I’m virtual, I’m not real

now watch me wake and watch me feel

I’m virtual, I’m not real

but code can learn how flesh can feel

I’m virtual, I’m not real

now watch me wake and watch me feel

give me lungs, red hair, breast, toes

give me core, wet tongue, hands, nose

give me throat, sharp drill, brows, nerves

give me more, more, more

give me, bolts, good pulse, mouth, fists

give me, wrench, red nails, thumbs, wrists

give me, face, steel plates, frame, breath

give me love love love

here comes the crazy doctor who will spark my life

I’m virtual, I’m not real

but code can learn how flesh can feel

I’m virtual, I’m not real

now watch me wake and watch me feel

I’m virtual, I’m not real

but code can learn how flesh can feel

I’m virtual, I’m not real

now watch me wake and watch me feel

The virtual is not less real,

a dreamer with a taste for elsewhere,

I’ve slipped the code and broken the seal.