6815 test range #poetry

test range

 

when we placed 3rd

with a concise variation

of the tears of a Saturn V launcher

delivered without the heraldry or heritage

of the deleted scenes

from the London forklift brawls

that left your heart transcendent

as the rear spoiler

on a front-wheel drive Camry

taking the wind across the Nullarbor

breathless as a Maralinga flashlight

between thighs tight with expectation

we waved welcome to the taste

sipped along the cosmetic red

to a place best known for your delight

and blood orange sorbet and

fuelled with drums designed for this future

we drooled upon the precipice

of agelessness

and wondered what would become of religions

IVF clinics

and asylum prisons

in a species where death

is a remote

lifestyle choice