Candles
By ecologist
Candles...an empty cake burnt down...to nubsmute piles of paraffinmark -- dead agewasted for idiocy, whilst carbon filled the skytore ozone holes we watchedirreverently --- glee at empty flamesdeed to a destitute worldheld in...unfeeling fingersdreams collapsing...aboutleaving gilded graves, --- polished headstonesreading RIP Gaia...a shattered hulking -- twisted planetscorned by...its caretakersthe wax...on the table toplittle silent globsstilled --- eternallyand stars bleed... dusty tearsthe requiem of the planets. Written October 26th, 2001 © on Oct 27 2001 12:54 PM PST 0 • 9
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"Candles...an empty cake burnt down...to nubsmute piles of paraffinmark -- dead agewasted for idiocy, whilst carbon filled the skytore ozone holes we watchedirreverently --- glee at empty flamesdeed to a destitute worldheld in...unfeeling fingersdreams collapsing...aboutleaving gilded graves, --- polished headstonesreading RIP Gaia...a shattered hulking -- twisted planetscorned by...its caretakersthe wax...on the table toplittle silent globsstilled --- eternallyand stars bleed... dusty tearsthe requiem of the planets...."