#i realised i never posted the wastes poem whoops

[cadmusfly]

The Wastes (2016)

a spark, a light in the far distances of your eyes can you see it? i doubt it as much as the sun could burn the sun or the ocean could drown the ocean

this is how i'd like the world to end with hot dry winds on deserted streets and people wandering empty lands doing only what they can

lovely sirens calling from their perches atop ambulances and police cars their sharp shrill songs driving men to madness and all the pictures of beautiful people with beautiful straight white teeth, men and women all airbrushed up smiling down from subway walls and gallery halls you will throw them down into your pyres making you into a liar

you were one of them, right?

this is how i'd like the world to end with hot fierce winds on deserted streets and people wandering vast wide lands searching for something that ain't sand

this can't go on! the people say, thinking that there is no other way as the cars laugh and horn all day long, their headlights flashing brilliant grins and the politicians all have their heads bowed in supplication to that big red button death. death! cry out the tvs but you and me we just sit here dreamin' of the things we'd like to be

this is how i'd like the world to end with nuclear winds on deserted streets and people wandering cold dark lands lost within god's great big plan

you blink and the sun falters you drink and the oceans rise in your footsteps, the army comes in your love, the people roar

a spark alight. the world turns. but the sun, your eyes, the cities-

they burn.

Pixel Disco Diffusion Prompt: "post apocalyptic desert city, #pixelart by mark lague and zdzisław beksiński, deserted color scheme"

#poetry #neural network art #cadmus writes #i realised i never posted the wastes poem whoops #anyway gonna edit the previous apocalypse poems with images now #i swear im doing other things i just finished generating nice art for my apocalypse brainworms that have haunted me since 2012 #this is the weakest of the apocalypse quartet but eh #cad’s poetry #cad writes poetry