Judy Annear
may you
be self-luminous
I mis-read
may be you will be self-luminous
a line from an
apocalyptic poem
with a title
I play back again
−dear echo−
the implication
that we
will all radiate those
left
on a plundered planet
or those
heading to another
planet
propelled by solar
burn out and
self-made disaster
he envies dead pan
the chance to see
beyond the
extraordinary
he observes the maybe
I wish for the self-luminous
Judy Annear is a writer and curator based in Sydney. She was initiator and one of 16 writers for Exquisite consequences 2016 (effefe.net). She has been published in Cordite 53 & 83, Australian Poetry Journal 6, no 2 (2016), and pastsimple 14 (2018). Her writing can also be found at judyannear.com/writing.