On the Fallopian path acidic
Go the spermatozoa still alive,
Comets drawn to the fallen oocyte,
Radiantly defensive and lytic .
The icy flagellum melts on impact,
The wings of Hermes, the moon in cancer—
The lemniscate snake in rain from anthers :
The uterine wall, the blastocyst taps
Like a viral auger through cell membrane—
Parasitic .   The bilateral streak
Where waterfall cells settle from a peak
Into gravid tubes, wormlike—overlain .
Tissues unfold into organ systems :
Hardware for consciousness algorithms .