Domesticated Narcissism

Where is the line between male and female

Between humans and animals

Between the air I breathe, being

And not being

Me?

Where is the line between man and technology

Between natural and synthetic biology

Between domestication

Or being wild and

Free?

What is natural today, when even the weather is manmade?

We have domesticated plants and animals

Our bodies and the planet

But why?

Why do we do it?

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