Great Transformation

I, the living, have the "pleasure" of watching

climate change in action behind my window

as my computer screen holds the picture

of what is, so I am told,

"Green jasper heart scarab of King Sobekemsaf."

17th dynasty, from Thebes

along the Nile that no longer floods annually.

The heart-beat of the river gone,

water droplets fall from the eaves, again,

and the snow on the yard
becomes water

and flows down the road.

Thus pass the years

and the living become dead

and those undreamed of

are born, live, wither

and become dust.

23.02.2014