descending downward

the gleaming sun
of omnipotence is declining
& the shadows of
devastation are
at hand.

already the sky is
copper-orange––

the globe is warming
& the heat is
on.

“it is a war
I started, nothing
less. I am a
War President.”

preaching with
pride & confidence
as He lowers
Himself into historical
hades.

He opened the door
to hell in
Baghdad.

He
makes a speech, &
100 iraqis
die.

He is the disaster behind the disaster in
New Orleans.

the american dream
has begun to
weep,

traumatic days
are
coming.

the forces of
nature cannot
sleep.

& the limitless
gravity of the
universe

is dragging the
cluster of
amerikan stars
down down

far down
beneath the
horizon.