Thursday, October 12, 2006

in spiritus ambergris

Driven southbound on the Everett Turnpike
Over the rivers, first the Souhegan, then the Nashua,
This fall’s foliage is the deal.

Magisterial red, orange and gold,
In gauzy trees, along brown water,
The white roadway still wants sunlight:

Shimmering red, orange and gold, white gold certainty.
Within human range, within sight. Well then, fuck
the Fermi paradox. And be, be.