Who but afternoon
Susurrations of heat speak?
Where but earth
Stars feed
(As electrons sway
And pour through walls;
Spin gold to sugar,
Greenly tasted
By the lips of mammalian tongues
Eating fat
With gardens and stolen glucose) ?
Incapable of creation -
Who, but we,
Devour?
Jun 19, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 at 3:16 PM UTC
Who but afternoon
Susurrations of heat speak?
Where but earth
Stars feed
(As electrons sway
And pour through walls;
Spin gold to sugar,
Greenly tasted
By the lips of mammalian tongues
Eating fat
With gardens and stolen glucose) ?
Incapable of creation -
Who, but we,
Devour?
Mythic meditation on photosynthesis
