Portrait of David Duchovny as an Organoid
Portrait of David Duchovny as an Organoid
David Duchovny is a few brain
cells grown in a petri dish.
He is a pin-head sized heart
with a beatbeat beatbeat.
David Duchovny is an artificial
tear duct spewing Real Human
Tears™. When scientists mix
the right proteins & amino
acids they can stimulate David
Duchovny to grow a rudimentary
eye. David Duchovny can register
changes in light. He can process
silhouettes & shadowmen.
David Duchovny’s proto
consciousness can’t comprehend
observer effect but the electrons
don’t know that. David Duchovny blinks
& —
The scientists can make a cocktail
to grow David Duchovny
neurons & synapses to transmit
ennui. They can grow
him a pink nub of tongue,
two slips of lip, a tooth.
Without vocal chords
he can’t beg for advice,
a glass of water,
a subdural hematoma.