Feb 2019
An alien appeared & didn't 'see'
the way we see but saw in ways
we can't & couldn't imagine, he
saw creatures blindly
masticating forms of themselves
as images & others, without
comprehending the immortal
mulch they made burying them.
He returned to his world &
reported the creatures were
with intuition instinctively
building their own tomb &
steadily filling it; soon
the race would be extinct &
nature would return to form.
It didn't take long.
the way we see but saw in ways
we can't & couldn't imagine, he
saw creatures blindly
masticating forms of themselves
as images & others, without
comprehending the immortal
mulch they made burying them.
He returned to his world &
reported the creatures were
with intuition instinctively
building their own tomb &
steadily filling it; soon
the race would be extinct &
nature would return to form.
It didn't take long.
mas·ti·cate masticate/ˈmastəˌkāt/verb: masticate; 3rd person present: masticates; past tense: masticated; past participle: masticated; gerund or present participle: masticating
chew (food). chew, munch, champ, chomp, crunch, eat; ruminate, chew the cud; technical manducate, triturate; rare chumble Origin mid 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as mastication ): from late Latin masticat- ‘chewed’, from the verb masticare, from Greek mastikhan ‘gnash the teeth’ (related to masasthai ‘to chew’).
chew (food). chew, munch, champ, chomp, crunch, eat; ruminate, chew the cud; technical manducate, triturate; rare chumble Origin mid 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as mastication ): from late Latin masticat- ‘chewed’, from the verb masticare, from Greek mastikhan ‘gnash the teeth’ (related to masasthai ‘to chew’).
