Nuclear Lovers

[ A little late for Poem On Your Blog Day, I know ... ]

"And the 20th century is dead,
  and the 21th century is dead,
  and the 22th century is dead,
  and the 23th century is full of fairies!" -- Carl Morse

soon
as they sound the alarm
let us run to the river
where we first met
sat many a sunset
there
with bare hands
we will dig a deep hole
in the earth
lay together
centuries later
when they excavate
they shall hear two hearts
regenerate love
in the universe

Assotto Saint, "Nuclear Lovers" from Stations (New York: Galiens Press, 1989). Copyright © 1989 by the Estate of Assotto Saint.