Ignite the System
by Scott Thomas Outlar
Paradise
of dark chocolate plasma
Melting
into a pool of liquid chaos
Short circuit
the hard-wired system
Collapse
back into primordial soup
The sun is singing
with a Revelation fever
The harbinger awaits
heralding Apocalyptic fortune
Entropy
of neon pulsing absolution
Crashing
into a black hole horizon
Ignite
the future techno gadget
Resolve
these sins of apathy
The sirens are calling
from the far side of the sea
Jagged rocks await
those who dare to take the voyage
© 2015 Scott Thomas Outlar
Scott Thomas Outlar survived the chaos of both the fire and the flood… barely. Now he spends the hours flowing and fluxing with the ever changing currents of the Tao River while laughing at and/or weeping over life's existential nature. His words have appeared recently in venues such as Poems-for-All, Yellow Chair Review, Clockwise Cat, Dissident Voice, and Dead Snakes. Links to his published work can be found at 17numa.wordpress.com.
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