Mammal
 
The hunger strategy is not working ::
 
Starving the home       as I am starved
 
Better to serve it            as I am wrought
Bathe it                             as I am dowsed
Clothe it                           as I am clung
 
To retort—yes—to retort            

                                  as if dumb
 
 
O, something somewhere has ended ::
 
But not here where my           middle spawns a soul
 
Watch me sit                             while my gut constructs bone
Hear me speak                         while my trunk accretes brain
Think me filled                          while my belly builds tongue

I transform—yes—transform             stupor
 
                                    into skull