of no consequence


vast webs of interconnectedness
star system to star system
cat’s cradles of galaxies
the bustling transit systems of the enlightened

the tiny blue planet and its cousins dance
near their central sun

a thin film develops on the planet skin
parasitic, slowly becoming aware of its host
and its darker cousins
calculations are made, and they are all traveling together
very fast indeed

no one glances as the blue planet
slingshots about the cosmos
known only to themselves

and just like that
dying in a blink
homo oblivium



First published in Harbinger Asylum