H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

VIVIAN DEMUTH

Black Hole

I watch the alpine night

alive with stars

who collapse like us

in a warped galaxy,

inner and outer pressures

unable to hold

our shining shapes

and stabilities.

Explosive energies

blast sublime tribes

dying into black holes

as we cross borders

into a hellish heat.

Orion watches our destruction

among specks of dust

in the dark aerial desert,

while our cosmic citizenship burns

in the big fucking bang

of another war.

Alone on a mountain

I shiver under the wings

of Pegasus as new stars

are born.