I Am Chromosome - Martin Grech

I’m the coil unfolding, screw back up
I’m the flower unfurling, buttercup

fill it up to a bursting
fill it up
I’m the bridge that is breaking under foot
bring the meat to the boil
serve it up
leave the body to spoil 
let it rot 
stick a head on a plate 
frenzy food 
take a knife to the limb 
six-foot cook

all my dreams are nightmares
foolish baby boy

reflect, reflect

i remember the moment I wake up 
was the reason I torture myself was
i've been chosen to carry this burden 
scratch my tissue with finger, nails and thumbs
collar-blade from a swan 
sharp and cold
pull a bone from the arm of your son

how you disappoint me
you'll be forgotten

i live in a fantasy 
where I am dead and worshipped 
people adore and love me
poor boy what pain you felt 
my body floats like dead wood 
replace my limbs with branches

i am chromosome
i am chromosome

result, result
result, result 
result, result 
result, result 
result, result 
result, result 

i am chromosome 
get away from here
go away go away from here
now