Poem: Before

 

Before

 

no bald pigs slopping at troughs,

no gelded, branded, broken chattel,

instead roams of aurochs.

foams of errant bats,

 

and weaves of neon fish

who escher-float in kelp tapestries

 

luminous with pregnant medusas.

 

no satellites to slice through the waist of Venus,

no contrail cruel as a rogue bullet,

 

flatulent from an airplane’s ass.

 

instead prosperous skies,

opulent with minstrel flocks,

 

and large vivid butterflies

flirty with luna moths,

 

how they waltz, tango, pirouette,

 

no streetlamps to confuse,

no pavement to mar the esplanades,

 

pollinating golden,

 

no corporate pollutants,

poisonous to all that has ever been breathed.

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1/28/24 ... more mods

12/30/23 ... "has ever been birthed" replaces "had ever been made"