The Universe Must Expand

​The universe must expand, the baby
Spiders swarm, the gamma rays
Emanate, not because of themselves
But to show the core of the maize,

The empty core where thought begins,
And then consciousness expands
And fills black interstices of space
And silent speech is formed by hands

That the banana trees are not just there
For themselves, that the fireflies
Are burning the signals of invisible 
Emptiness, intangible prize.