What's the difference
Between me
And cut flowers
Between cut flowers
And light
Between light
And the sun
Between a worm
And the moon
Am I alive?
Will I die?
The answers seem obvious
Is my fingernail dead after I snip it off?
Was it ever alive?
Will I be alive when I'm decomposing?
Am I decomposing now?
Is the pineapple alive before I cut it?
After?
I have questions
Because these answers
All over dictionaries
And books
And corporate heuristics
Meaning what managers say
And what advertisers imply
Seem to impact
How I live
How I think about dying
What I do with things that appear to have never been alive
What I eat
So I gaze into these woods
Looking for baby foxes
Wondering if my coffee
Was roasted alive
Roman Ryan 