Free Verse

Cannibalizing the Kiss

in a gamma ray burst

Galactic Cannibalism, Constellation Hercules, courtesy of Hubble Archives

Stars in the spiral
unbecoming devoid,
hurtles of caress, grope,
cataclysm, they render
near kiss between cannibals
elliptical on haunches
backlit and toward
a cessation of flares.

Quadrants seduced to belts
like order disrobed
and enticed to collide
for the peek of a voyeur
not long for this world
between Luna and Mars
hurtling dark matter
in the path of revolution
with a ménage planet smooch.

Demolition is climax
in a gamma ray burst
ozone gone rouge into oceans of gloss,
scaffolds to primordial
pyre of cores
come slag with the tumult
of runaway suns.

More free verse poetry from Dionne Charlet:

Poet and the Hand of God