@ predictive poetry 2026 Our uniqueness Contributes to our struggles [pause] Free for all ⸻ Against one another Survival instinct Will to live Fight to the death Survival of the fittest Kill or be killed Last man On the shoulders Of giants ⸻ [Movement II — Once in a Lifetime] One life to live From the cradle to the grave No man left behind Closed doors We only have this Once In a lifetime Once in a lifetime Once in a lifetime ⸻ Ancient inspiration Modern moonshots Constrained Improvisations Reasonableness Goes out the window Astonishment survives ⸻ Kailasa’s impulse Guides us The sculptures Hidden within the stone A thousand years later The process is absent The artifacts Remain No purpose explained Inspiration Retained ⸻ We scaled What was in our way To carve A better day We scaled What was in our way To carve— ⸻ Take a chance When reasonableness Strongly suggests Otherwise Reasonableness Goes out the window Astonishment Survives ⸻ Fight to the death Once in a lifetime Last man standing On the shoulders of giants Ancient inspiration Modern moonshots The process is absent The artifacts remain No purpose explained Inspiration retained ⸻ We scaled What was in our way To carve A better day We scaled What was in our way To carve A better day [Coda] Our reason for being [pause] Is being— [long pause; almost enough to think the song has ended] Unreasonable [one unresolved chord]
