“apocalyse, a brief history” [by Katie Thompson]

hanging / gunfire   : which do you prefer
if we survive this   if there is a way?

light it on fire, the dry christmas fir
the age of radioactive decay
goodbye   goodbye   my american lime
exceeded by the plight of happier men
compare us with the power line of time
compare us with every now and then

your face   the rehearsed fruit with a soft rot
disappears into    nothing  / into     wire
o! my little severed gordian knot

under water    we are burnedwe are tired
when we are honest we are like    stained glass
everything green finally gone at last

— Katie Thompson