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EARTH


The weight of The world rests On your shoulders, Atlas. Will you let it crumble Like the parasites Around you? You sit In your garden Admiring, unafraid For the reality of your dying world. Run your fingers Through the earth One last time, for Your incompetence Breeds the end of times.
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