going back in time
fires in pits burn like hell
smoldering blind arrogance into
nondescript skies
wayward planet tumbles unnoticed
indistinguishable from any other
breathing thing on life support
its black gold stripped and sold
ages ago by alien mariners
time travelers daring for closer looks
would be hard pressed
to find usable oxygen or
colorful postcards floating alongside
amphibian skeletons busily
building new fossil records
may two thousand fourteen
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