Fawn Song (Aubaude)

ㅤㅤAnd I will show wonders in the heavens
ㅤㅤabove and signs on the earth below,
ㅤㅤblood, and fire, and vapor of smoke
ㅤㅤ—Acts 2:19

fire-opal clouds canopy above fresh-born deer

will they be able to tell apocalypse

from dawn? must they learn to run too young

or will they sleep through as it rolls in

quietly as the new day? gentle

omnicide without bomb or storm, the grass still

green beneath their unworn hooves

like in those movies and shows about the undead

where vines wrap around crumbling buildings

nature reclaiming, no stars falling from the sky,

and the human endlings still fighting—

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Liza Rose lives in New York City. Her poetry has been featured on poets.org