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38) Domes

Life is a dome

The stone ceiling hovers

Above us, our coffee cup, and our books

And lights fed by electricity

Misinterpreted as stars

Blurred by the misty blow from the aircon

Misinterpreted as the holy force.

Tiny flowery eyes that stare us from glass jars

Misinterpreted as Mona Lisa's face

We, we are domed.

We, we are doomed.


The dome is broken

Now

As circumstances shattered it

Into a thousand flying pieces

Cracks reverbating throughout its

Concrete thickness

Sending the news of menacing victory

To frighten it into its

Disintegration.


I looked up

Above: another dome

The dove-blue sky

Shrouded by nothing, and in nothing lies

Greatness;

Its base melting into greens, peaches,

greys and browns

A single vein curving its way into

Infinity.


I looked up

Above: another dome

The Universe

And above: another dome

Ignorance.


We are, after all,

Domed in ,one after another,

Into worlds and worlds

Of ignorance.



- Naychi





17th March, 2018

Road to Naypyidaw

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