The Very Old Man

Electrified and lit up by an outline of herself

Smiling now as only she can be.

She said I made some new connections to astound them all

In ways we've never dreamed about

Her lovely hand is glowing from the light inside itself

From soaking in the esters stacked for miles on a single shelf

Holding my eyes still so she can see

If all the superundercover custom hybrids got to me

It's too much

You're too late

I want to see it all again

She says eep this benzene ring around your finger

And think of me when everything you wanted starts to end

And I saw living clusters form in pools beneath her feet

Invertebrates that only she can see

And I said what on earth are all these ampuls for

She says exactly, we're not gunna wait around here anymore

Systems back down slow, watch the dust cloud resend

And I will keep you. I will keep you till the end

Set your head down low, watch my ears ring

It's eerie and it's awesome,

How connected two pods scattered on the surface can become,

Lazy into one.

He knows lightning kills the other,

She can't stand to watch his petals fall,

It's better when cascades become like us all.

Afternoon a golden disengagement leaves a woman,

With a household left to fill.

Sit, and be still, send the voltage cross his ticker,

Watch the stars they start to flicker, and one by one levels

Fall.

Another drink my love, and make it tall enough

So I can stand on it and see, all you've done for me.

A world of curves and lines electric,

Remember how you strung the colored lights, from Christmas tree

To me?