The switch to turn off the world

[flexagon]

This is by Richard Hoffman, friend of my favorite poetry prof who sometimes sends these things out, from his book Without Paradise.

"SO WHAT"

Here is a tiny weapon, devastating, undetectable.
Here is the switch to turn off the world.

The demise of an ancient question;
the voice no longer rises,

and a black hole, antimatter, widens
like a desperate pupil in the sudden dark.

Comments

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's excellent!

[flexagon]

I am, by the way, buying the book this poem came from, after reviews convinced me this wasn't the only gem therein.