five hundred thousand million years from now
\nin new york or london or beijing or somewhere else:<\/p>\n
people are shoulder to shoulder,
\nshuffling under neon-dark lights.<\/p>\n
with cloth wrapped across their faces
\nto keep the death out of their lungs,
\nthey attempt to rebuild on old foundations.<\/p>\n
or else there is no one left at all
\nto cough and choke in the ruined world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
five hundred thousand million years from now in new york or london or beijing or somewhere else: people are shoulder to shoulder, shuffling under neon-dark lights. with cloth wrapped across their faces to keep the death out of their lungs, they attempt to rebuild on old foundations. or else there is no one left at … <\/p>\n