ENVIRONMENTAL Poem: Unchecked Embers, by Georgea Jourjouklis

its golden jaws
unhinge like
a serpent’s
devours every leaf
swallows trees
crunches trunks
between its teeth
like candy

animals sprint for
the river
an orange tongue
envelops wild-eyed stags
drags them down
its throat
they plunge into
a flaming belly

insatiable
consuming fields
in seconds
flaring flowers
fleeing foxes
earth suffocates
beneath black skies

it takes what
it wants
it stops when
it starves

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