Thursday, May 31, 2012

Irony at the End of the World

Today
the sky opened up
and I was swallowed
by outrageous pity

That billions, trillions,
umpteen-quadrillions
of living things have come and gone
and more there will be

yet while Satan fell before me,
I the hapless scribbler
amateur wordsmith
far from fearing death
or that everything near
faced fiery disintegration
am incensed I am without pen and paper

and even if I could
before I melt
compose a simple thing right then
describing the moment
when all life ended
and the light when out


5/28/2012

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