The Long Heat
What you allow is what will continue.
But you’re tired of carrying the weight
of the future on your back. Like everyone
you had dreams. You had hopes.
The problem appears to be a knot
we can’t untie. The machines
working day and night.
The wells pumping. The gas burning, turning the air too hot to breathe.
Still, we drop off
the recycling at the landfill
and drive away empty-handed.