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.