12/14
Sonnets From Other Lives: Omega

here he is the last human left standing
in the ruins of that debacle that once was
a failed experiment in understanding
the particle theories of dust to dust—
we thought that we were in control—
he muses from his home under the rubble—
we were so clever --we thought as we stole
the future from ourselves—we were untroubled
by the cloud of devastation in our wake—
living off the land’s obesity—
ever ready to reach out & take
everything--it came to us too easily

he wonders at his wonder & surprise
to learn a thing is empty once sucked dry