May 2016
Rain soaks the ceiling
Falls into the air like crashing jets
Black red white
Smoke collapses
Children break their teeth
The earth screams
They touch their tongues
It’s a sign of affection
Like oil
Or maybe kerosene
Some time later
The streets cover with ash
I try to speak
Falls into the air like crashing jets
Black red white
Smoke collapses
Children break their teeth
The earth screams
They touch their tongues
It’s a sign of affection
Like oil
Or maybe kerosene
Some time later
The streets cover with ash
I try to speak
8:51pm, May 16th 2016
the earth screamed and screamed and screamed and all we could do was hold our breaths
black pavement, snowflakes, they were dancing like
traffic lights, the blur of vessels in the distance, rain sliding off umbrellas
there was a swell that couldn't cease. it held itself above the smoke and waste and breaths of a thousand passerbyers, all wishing to get home. an emptiness parted the earth, but nobody noticed, legs set in motion, tumbling down the sides of hades, the river styx
the earth screamed and screamed and screamed and all we could do was hold our breaths
black pavement, snowflakes, they were dancing like
traffic lights, the blur of vessels in the distance, rain sliding off umbrellas
there was a swell that couldn't cease. it held itself above the smoke and waste and breaths of a thousand passerbyers, all wishing to get home. an emptiness parted the earth, but nobody noticed, legs set in motion, tumbling down the sides of hades, the river styx
