The Very Last Night of the End of the World - Craig Cardiff

big news burst over frequencies

Saying 'Peril!

C’est Tout!

C’est le fin'

Talking heads assessed best outcomes

in the end, all agreed things would end bad

She said 'I'm sick of your cleverness'

Spat, fence-sitter!

But i’d lost the thread

She said 'I'm leaving you tonight, I mean it,

I’m leaving with Quebec.'

I’m leaving california

detroit, halifax

i’m leaving all of you

so you can’t leave me back

(on what we later learned was)

The Very Last Night of The End of The World

If this is all you get, how will it be spent?

Ashamed?

or Alone?

Angry?

Drunk?

Shouting blame, or maybe

(or better spent)

Fearless, Joyous, Kissing,

Laughing, Dancing,

Holding onto hope as long as hope can be held onto.

it’s your last little lie, your last cigarette

your last sip of alcohol, a love song’s pirouette

the You the song gets sung to

with imploring convincing hands

Singing 'Blue skies would be bluer if you’d just give this love a chance'

After leaving Quebec

She abandoned Berlin

Got out of Chicago when the air got thin

Fleeing Paris

Burning Sicily

The Lakes drank up Toronto

The Vampires drank Calgary.

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