The Origin of Mass
Nicole Cosme
The Big dogs did it,
buried the bones,
built the machines
Smashing and bombarding,
those genius barbarians.
Counted the particles until
application precedes
Collected the pieces
as dead fish read minds
Blind to their beaks;
to the phantom spikes;
the overload; the Lottery—
Quiet, little mind
While the Big dogs suckle
their dried-up bone, analyzing
The breakdown becoming
the ashes—
& I call them my masters.