In recollection of when it all ends

The late space 

Begins to permeate

So now to go out

The sidewalk ended a long time ago

Do you know a man?

Well, no. I've never even heard of it

Never heard of it?

Well, no. What are you getting at?

Sorry. Just asking. 

The sidewalk broke but we still know

The past tenses 

Beg and plead 

Like bones of dogs 

Who were nothing but happy

To be alive

The past tenses

Into a knot 

That doesn't bleed

Dried husk And fried 

Fraying into the breeze

We still know the way 

It past and says 

Good morning sir, beautiful dog

What dog? 

Your corgi, sir.

What morning?

That's the dawning 

and then sadly

Lights go out 

Not the inner lights, though

They must be on emergency power

Every particle knows its way

The past plays 

And for days 

You can hear it

Some have touched 

Some have feared it 

The past plays 

Pantomimed

They shrined, shrived, divined

Beautifully

And without realism

Particulate poised to plummet 

And in the emergency hour 

And in the moment before,

You never knew there was time between destruction and death

And you never knew that time 

Was already gone

You look

Over the sea of black 

But you cannot help looking back