Wednesday, December 30, 2020

NEW YEARS PARTY

Like everyone else here, 
I have practiced 
speaking gracefully  

about the myriad ways 
all life on earth
will cease.

The lakes of hard clay
and black holes 
born at CERN 

trip off my tongue 
at the New Years party—
as if

preempting 
my own absence 

will save me 
some face.