A reprise of dodo birds,
taking one last stroll
beneath a sky of
forbidden pleasures.
Leaning into the moment
of departure, a fanatic,
in a twitch of tranquility,
juggling crystal balls in
a fog that tells it all.
A residual hysteria,
in the eyes of a survivor,
brewing implications
in a house of cards
wobbled by the very
thought.
An ephemera with
shoulders punching
holes in missing hours
on the clock, stumping
pundits with the beauty
of absentia.
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