Glint of Sun

The glint of sun daubing the pond
as if an eternal moment
conceived in isolation -

not the politics of finite power
nor the ruination of ideals

but a reflected image

like a chrysalis
turned to mush
and reformed
as sentient being.

World War III all around you
not incinerated cities
or atomized bits of consciousness
but the meaningless waste
and human devastation.

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poem by S.R. Lavin
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