The earth was flat when he last looked

sitting at the kitchen table,

concentrating hard,

with wooden pieces strewn haphazardly

across a red checked tablecloth.

 

Europe had disintegrated into pieces

with eastern wars erupting;

troubles breaking worlds apart

flood and famine

tornadoes, hurricanes, disease,

Omnivorous firestorms displacing everyone

And all living things

running now to the very edge

of this earthly plain

to find the oceans cascading,

in great floods escaping,

down the table legs.