Master’s Thesis Redux

Are we waiting for the end of time?  Are we waiting

for the end of light and air?  Are we

waiting, or are we

wishing for a conclusion to this

business, life?

Are we waiting to care about the deaths of billions?  Are we waiting for

an exorcism?  Are we waiting for

permission

to kill?

Are we waiting for the colors to fade? Are we waiting for walls to fall or to be

built?  Are we waiting for the Great Disease?  Are we waiting for mass

graves?

At the level of the electron, Darwin’s theories play out to

conclusion.  Words may appear to

have meaning.