The 21st Century is Awake

“the century is going to sleep” – Stephen Dobyns, “Lullaby”

Let’s say a century is like a 12-hour day; it gets
Up at 6 AM knowing the first twenty years will
Last through about 8:30. No time to waste.
Launch some airplanes into skyscrapers and
Annihilate a city with hurricane and flood,
Blast wildfires across whole continents.
Yes, this century’s awake, wide-awake now.

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