Ferndale, WA

Photo by Kevin Slotemaker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinaslotemaker/

I am from
American Nostalgia,
a hollowed land
hope come barge
burned bright night sky.
A rising flume tells tale
of frantic molecules' expansion
that know not to stay,
to stagnate, to die.


A fleeting moment
to bask in Earth's glow
though I know. Our future
is inky black.