By River Shepherd for Denali
When people speak of cities and states
as if they’ll still be here
in 300 years, give or take
I wonder if they understand
that our Earth herself
is only water and shifting sand
forever caught in orbit by
gravity, we can’t fully decipher
our planet’s so special
yet we continue to knife her
you and I: smaller than dust
so don’t tell me you can know
that this city won’t go bust.
