i can’t eat Alphabet cereal on a soup spoon
because my sugar’s too high
babble becomes speech
i can’t reduce my daddy bulge
because my stomach fat is mega alpha
da is doubled into dada
i can’t erect like a Cargotec crane
because my testosterone is below 300 nanograms per deciliter
cat dog pig multiplied into 2 syllables to caca doodoo porky
i can read my writing with glasses
because reading comes before writing
writing comes before reading
i can divide numbers & write letters
because numbers come before letters
letters come before numbers
i can inhale plants & exhale to plants
because oxygen comes from carbon-dioxide
the chemical periodic table joins letters and number
i can’t beat anymore
because birth becomes death
my EKG is the sound of tinnitus silence