The pounding
of feet
on city streets
leaves an echo
in my ear
the heartbeat
of living meat
sweaty indecision
shadowed by
intense fervor
the aroma of night
with shattering glass
splintered vision
into fragmentary glance
of pure light
heed, finally,
the words of shamans
as we prepare
for the final stages
of the century
the bitter end
to a bitter millennium
in which
the heart of humanity
was nearly ripped out
and yet still
the threat is real
take heed indeed
We are not yet
out of the woods