Rome Burns

Rome Burns

Nero composes in Tyre
sings an Aria in Afghanistan
an Arpeggio of fire
the key is Katusha
major not minor
going up scale by scale
and we just fiddle helplessly
as the music gets louder

Perhaps Gaia is behind it
we didn't listen
and Mummy is cross
makes madness crash
a shift in tectonic plates
Dies Irae
sending tremors
fingering out