WHEN THE SUN CRACKED…..
written by: Stanley Wilkin
@catalhuyuk
When the sun cracked
the planets exploded
each merely shrapnel in a second-
or like the gas giants
puttering into kaleidoscopic spirals
and waving a
symphonic farewell to the universe
grasping the furtive tails
of comets.
mercury shrank into a cindered ball
venus ejected its poisonous atmosphere
like a dying woman her most expensive accessories
mars spun off into the velvety expanse of dark-
but it didn’t matter.
only the earth wavered, holding on
to its dignity. Its oceans spilled out,
mottled soup shooting from a bowl,
and its internal fires creaked like arthritic
knees.
In the huge expanse of space
no one noticed,
no one cared.
Stanley Wilkin is an academic and writer whose work can be seen on Google Scholar, Google Books, Academia.edu and Rearchgate.
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