please, no cake for me

growth requires no effort
no arrogance, no air of sophistry
sit on your inner throne
and watch the world eat you awake

a turn of your head
topples the wealthy
circumvents
the stealthy

please, no cake for me
I have had my fill of luxury
let's be pragmatic, like stone
people don't know
from whence their next hint
of lotus breath

borrowing, borrowing
from each other
never intending to pay back
no expectation
of being paid

wonders never cease
because they never started
no virgin birth, no Big Bang
just spontaneous combustion
concurrent cameo
no end in sight
no beginning
we can claim
as our own