Neptune's Concubine

Last night The heavens caught fire. Each planet and star Was seduced by the treacherous Earth And each in turn died in flame Attempting to possess her. From this destruction Neptune alone was spared. And he smothered us all With an oblivion cape All tied up in tide And hung with mermaids. Last night I slept on a tall, sugary cake That was being blown This way and that By the twentieth wind. And I dreamed. I dreamed Of being rocked to sleep By divine arms that smelled of rain. And I dreamed Of falling to the ground And becoming the ocean's disciple. Last night I died and it felt familiar. I smothered quietly in marzipan And misty blue breaths that choked. I sang a song of nautilus shells. I learned a tale of universal law. And all this time I lay still Upon the back of the plum cake. He held me as I wove a tapestry Of hungry planets And immortal assassins He held me as I dreamed on.