Look,
you say
standing near the ash
of another fallen empire
the riverbed rocks
show footprints
wavering in
the fevered air
and most things
too hot to touch.
But you’re outfitted.
cool and
shiny in your
anti-thermal radiation
Onsie.
People walked
barefoot once,
you think, and
call out to your
buddy:
Hey,
check this out
so many toes!
Early Morning Poems 