(almost) the remains of everything

this is                 revelation
             the last
         of the angels
are hovering over the wreckage
       playing their melody

 

i thought it would sound better-
       less like an off-key hymn
       more like r.e.m.

 

i watch my friend’s dad
                            a christian nationalist
cut off his ears
and start screaming
usa        (this)
             usa        (means)
                          usa        (          )
we all pray for a savior somehow

 

i looked for a sign from heaven
             and i saw it all burning
i followed the smoke
                                           to philadelphia
to find a garden
             bedded with ashes

                                                 win or lose

the end is–

 

Alison Wintermute

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