From Issue 4.1: Anti-Monuments (Fall 2023)

Who are we. / We are the cleaners. / The cleaners of your black guts. The /
Kickstarter culture. Your / Black mother’s milk. The / Funk and the wet nurse. Your /
First ever fungus. Your / Neighbours since birth. The /

Most beneficial underbelly of the entire ecosystem down here critical mass
Invisibles in the pipes fighting pathogens and antigens with vinegar and bleach.

We / Are more you than you. We / Are more you than you.
We / Are more you than you. We / Are more you than you.

We / That / Feel in your gut. That / Taste in your mouth. Your / Stiff upper lip. The /
Moist tween your leg. The / Skin of your back. The / Air round your lungs. The /
OG algae born of Sun since three-billion-year nuh. Yea. We / THAT /

Type of microbiome beneficium. We / Thicken everything. We /
Global everywhere. We / Glide and divide among the cyano radical first. We /

Predate oxygen. We / Destroyed the place and remade it.
Took anoxic earth and oxygenated it. We / Are the protectors essentials to Life /

But / You / Put / We / At / Risk /

We / Are more you than you. We / Are more you than you.
We / Are more you than you. We / Are more you than you.

Who / Probiotic fighters like a protest on repeat. Who / Matter. Who / Medicine.
Who / Backbone. Who / Frontline intestine never tire but who do die
By means crude and unnecessary and who knows if your medicine will even work.

We / Cleaned up the entire biosphere for you. Your / Turn to bloom.
Live Culture / Culture Alive / Live Culture