I am dumber than a rock
living thoughts in a basaltic flow
pressurized to metamorphose
push me farther

pile up the layers
mudstone my only friend
destroy the shale
create the slate
flowing between the minerals

I am as dumb as a rock, if not dumber
can’t concentrate on the cycle
cooling off slowly will make me coarse
rough around the edges

emotional magma
physical lava
explosion
burst forth pyroclastic
hollow enough to float
hollow enough…

dumb as a rock