Swallow the Sun

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if a solar eclipse can

swallow the sun…

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will we feel the speed

of gravity stop everything –

or will we carry on

frozen lifeless

shouting racial slurs?

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i hope they find us staring

deeply at each other

after sex

or dancing slow –

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i want to be a sculpture

of a swan or angel

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anything but human.

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© Ben Ditmars 2017