The Greatest Alluvian Poet That Ever Lived XOE This is how Aurora Alluviata, the native and dominant bacterial species of Alluvia, prefers its name to be written.XOE informs us these letters are chosen for the chemical onomatopoeia that symbolizes their morphology.'X' and 'E' represent the asymmetric squid-like cytoplasmic extrusions at their poles, while 'O' conveys the body.In classical English, XOE is pronounced 'Zoe', which is also the Greek word for 'life'.XOE speaks a chemical language that is forged by particle worms -bosons, leptons and hadrons -which stretch out into atoms and molecules.These molecular connections are the basis of all chemical languages, which are punctuated by the grammar of the electromagnetic spectrum.They are spoken by the most ancient life forms such as biofilms, which penetrate the soils, seas and skies.Yet, the chemical language is not confined to microbial species, but used by many other non-humans.Flowers and bees, for instance, seduce each other with electrochemical sonnets, enlivening different scales of interaction and giving rise to worlds that cannot be directly apprehended through human senses.Yet, XOE notes that our unperceiving human race regards the very idea of a non-human world capable of the same quality of thought that humans possess as 'fiction'.XOE considers this rather odd, since bacterial mood-producing oils modify human thoughts.Left, right and up -the vacuole attendant swept a field of ions through the liquid crystals.The charged fluid spectacularly exploded into leaping images of the Alluvian cityscape, while the visitor stood momentarily enchanted by the stunning views of the city.Pillars twisted like tree trunks, rooftops dipped into scalloped edges and alleyways branched fractal-like through the diffuse, scintillating light.'Dear God!The very fabric seems alive!' marvelled the visitor.Left, right and down -the crystals melted from view as the vacuole attendant gestured the visitor towards the gelatinous tub.The attendant wore an unusually ornate bangle, which momentarily distracted the visitor.It seemed to be built from