The Experiment

When I determined that the world

was not fit for human consumption,

I decided to no longer be human.

I opened myself up, pulled out the bones

and ironed the rest into something

resembling a very large pretzel.

I still had eyes, a nose, and a mouth

very much like a human,

and on some level I still had a brain which,

no matter how hard I tried to forget,

I realized that this was going to be a limitation

I’d have to accept.

I rolled myself down the street past staring faces

that seemed to envy me at the same time.

“Don’t envy me!” I wanted to shout out

but my mouth could no longer form the words.

Plus, I no longer remembered where I lived

or how I made it to that point.