Credo

 by Jeremiah Webster

There is the news:

imminent, decisive, news

of green opulence as the world falls apart.

I build my home

as the world falls apart.

 

There is the torching:

novels, martyrs, torching

of twenty-one centuries as the world falls apart.

I study my books

as the world falls apart.

 

There is the purchase:

stocks, estates, purchase

of tinder as the world falls apart.

I sell my possessions

as the world falls apart. 

 

There is the burial:

dead neighbor, wife, burial

of dust as the world falls apart. 

I sing second life 

and the world falls apart.