hatchings

bugs
hatched from the faces of other bugs
 learn the means of
                    operating weapons
to use
       against one another
 to bring about further
                        hatchings

I think about the numbers
   on the faces of clocks
hatching new numbers
 these
       black temperal clusterbugs

hatch and rehatch
hatch and rehatch
chop and rechop
chop and rechop

 forever