Alligators, crocodiles
music lovers, cinefiles
men who work at night for money
every kind of endless honey
when to crawl across the road
how to gut the common toad
all these things and others too
are now available to you
so much so that the normal glutton
barely looks beyond the button
nor needs to rise up from his bed
if he should wish to fill his head
yet still the heart remains unknown
and thus can humans die alone
for without the other to understand
bloodless data is the bane of man.
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Etymology
Icelandic bani (“bane, death”).
Noun
-A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
-Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
-A disease of sheep; the rot.