knowing how
your being
melts and
hardens,

is it’s own
science.

we, bags of
chemicals

too

fall fate to
our
surroundings

—

They used
words
like a
thermometer

to determine
if any heat
still permiated
through them.

—

“if I wait,
sticking that
comment in..

..will I
notice a
drop in
temperature?”

“how low can
I make the heat,
[gas still on]

so if I
[stay in]
touch

I won’t be
effected.”