I submitted bodily fluids to control
there goes the diaper, here’s my bathroom

I hardened the path surrendering it to logic
a highway appeared, orthopedically manicured

I categorized the outside by governance
a wall on stilts separates the other from this side

I straightened out the river surrendering it to intellect
a canal with canal locks and spillways came in its stead

I have beaten life’s single determinant with willpower
here’s a photograph of me on my deathbed

Please, remember,
you’ll keep it safe?

                              —animasuri’24