Thursday, January 14, 2021

The Operating System

As the lights go off 
     in the masonry
            cracks
     of the dreamtime 
            war machine
     
And the geometric logos —
                          banks,
                pharmacies —
                    go dark
     to those who see

A collective finger to the lips
     goes over the land
To those who no longer
            can sleep
                     or keep
      their minds closed

As the structures 
            above the landscape
      have buckled
                      and folded
            into chaos
      without a noise.

Birds fly out of
            empty buildings 
      as flies escape 
                       from skulls.

The darkness has come
      and you are free;
Total control of your life
                        is not even
            whispering.