Katherine Braithwaite Poet Villanelle

The World Is Flat

The world is flat , you are not here
There is no wind ,no still small voice
Right dimensions disappear

Dulled by loss,too wan for fear
There is no sin,there is no choice
The world’s a board , you are not there

I plucked no roses  for your bier
There is no God, there is no Christ
 The vertical has disappeared

I do not burn,I  shed no tears
There is no love, there are no wise.
The world is flat , you are not here

Disconnected  from what’s near
Where walks  the lamb,the sacrifice?
All directions disappeared

Dirac’s  God did shake the dice
Salvation cannot  come from priests
The world is flat , you are not here
The wrong side of the world  is fear

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Rico Leffanta April 17, 2019 at 5:38 PM It seems that even flat worlds get swallowed by Black Holes …...Aloha! Rico Katherine Braithwaite May 7, 2019 at 7:12 AM Yes,indeed.A peculiar poem but that's what I thought.Thanks for reading it,Rico