Aerial pictures


used to reveal how fire
sweeping through the continent
was visible from high up
in space——From that ledge
presumably occupied by the gods?
from the cold white bramble
woven of stars? What do they see
now as cities retreat into themselves,
as factory chimneys inhale their last
plumes of dark smoke, as a new-
born child takes its first
breath in this poisoned world——

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