Photography © Edward S. Gault
“Outside the leaves were falling
and they cried
Too soon! too soon!”
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Later this evening
Or no later then when all
The unknown creatures
Of this world appear
To save their planet Earth
To save is a solemn act
Of pure and boundless
Sacrifice
And sanity
Two-headed lambs are good
But those heretofore
Unknown four-legged narwhals
Crossed with yogurt bacterium
The planet of course
Won’t say
From ice bridge to
Enormous meadow
It’s not about
Your spirit’s soul
The counterweight
Is always the thing
Voiceless now as levers
And Archimedes fresh hewn wood
To the pages
Drink beer
Imbibe kombucha
Wine and other
Long
Fermented things
Then find a park
A roof
A hill
Write it down before they’re gone
The avenues
The boulevards
The Marianas Trench
Of your lost mind
And I will feed
The squirrels split
Pea soup
And tuck the pigeons in
As they teach us
How to break the news
To all the other people
This was our chance at paradise
-for LF
Paul Koniecki lives and writes in Dallas, Texas. He was once chosen for the John Ashbery Home School Residency. His poems feature in Richard Bailey’s movie “One of the Rough” distributed by AVIFF Cannes. His books are available from Kleft Jaw Press, NightBallet Press, Dark Particle Press, and Spartan Press.
Edward S. Gault is a poet and fine art photographer. He lives at Mosaic Commons, a co-housing community in Berlin, Ma. He has a wife Karen, and daughter.
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