Ode to Lab-Grown Brain Organoids

i think of you while driving on an almost-spring day

sun, hot on my cheek
treetops tinted with the promise of foliage


laboratory brain cells have learned to play Pong

yet seasons swirl unnoticed
past wet, beaded eye-forms


these cells sense movement, light.

consciousness remains within predefined limits:
<your petri dish><my skull>


i hope you are well
and that comfort finds you