Filigrees of flame

dance across the water's face

just before sunset 

This fuse is so long 

that it takes a lifetime to

detonate — BA-BOOM!  

Drowning in the ebb 

and flow your dreams are not a

buoy but a weight 

Shadowed by ghosts and 

in need of a future, we 

stumble in the dark 

A fools' feast filled with

distractions of every stripe 

won't nourish for long 

Loose the lightening and

call the dogs to deliver 

our ultimatum 

They will melt down the

Statue of Liberty and 

sell the copper cheap