white d(war)f

i’ve seen the stars enrage violence

against the world in a slow burning

that will take the big collapse

of you and i

to stop the flames

two celestial bodies pouring

lightning bugs into each others’ mouths

to cool the universe

from crying to no one at all

that it didn’t ask to be

that it didn’t want to be

and that it still is

unwanted and unasked

found in between our arms

where no light can escape

and where it will be pondered

if life lives here

though does it live anywhere

with stars so horny and horrible

and alone in us

*

two whales beached

but blowing air

into the hole of the other

watching the sunset

wondering what the fuss was

about anyways

*

is getting old

a constant cycle

of asking

what getting old is

or worse

nothing