the mist rises
gently
over the placid waters
thick
with algae
the world seems
stagnant
only the green
remains

only the green
remains
the stains
of life’s last
refrains
bubble up
from the sewage
of yesterday

the sewage
of yesterday
stews
in primordial ooze
of proteins forming
rudimentary chains
with nucleocytoplasmic
integers

with nucleocytoplasmic
integers
from the sewage
of yesterday
only the green
remains
over the placid waters
still mist rises