Styrofoam cup in my pulsing hand,
nylon raincoat in the cool rain,
power cables between poplar trees
shooting electricity from house to house

Underfoot, concrete mixes with soil,
two minerals in the automatic earth
Beyond the hum of neon lamps,
a flock of birds fly silently

In nearby labs, biochemists experiment
with new concatenations and hybrid beings,
like Edward Kac’s fluorescent rabbit,
created with genes from a jellyfish

Black stains on Oriel college wall
are a Japanese Wabi-sabi installation
Its ancient dust mingles with
dust from my dead skin

At first glance, flowers appear natural, static
Look closer and they flow uncannily, disjointed
In biological systems, algorithms unfold –
a mathematical universe – fractals everywhere