the roads are cracking /
breaking with a sharp snap /
like styrofoam /
the school buses are devoured /
by widening pits /
the holes are healthy /
growing greater every day /
here come the pliable crowds /
taking selfies with the yawning holes /
the dark craters are really tending upwards /
tomorrow, the holes will pull closer to one another /
until there is only one hole /
covering each country /
no man to man the borders /
citizens blinking at the bottom /
of lightlessness /
the holes cease at the shores /
too many humans can swim, unfortunately /
from the ISS /
the earth is now black and blue and settled /
the shouts in the holes /
only a descending murmur /
quietening each day
Categories