Hey, apeitheia–
Cape of a clear, warm blue wave.
Darkness sees a way.

Looking for new “life” 
The corpse of yesterday sings
Which eternal wine?

Planet, a mass grave.
Incomprehensible mercy. 
Sufferable beauty.

Each planned oblivion.
A blizzard of steaming tears.
Eternity is an idea. 
Douglas Piccinnini is author of Beautiful, Safe & Free (New Books, 2023), Blood Oboe (Omnidawn, 2015) and Story Book: a novella (Cultural Society, 2015) as well as numerous chapbooks. His work has recently appeared in American Poetry Review, Brooklyn Rail, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Fence, Hot Pink, Lana Turner, Opt West and Volt.