Götterdämmerung
by Carmine Giordano
Of course you need
to give them credit -
Jupiter Jehovah and their sons -
for getting you through
back there then
when you were dumb
naked unbraced
and the bones of your wings
too supple to take to air -
you not knowing then to know -
but euthanized now
like the dog you loved
grown old and blind
you need to see them expire
see them go down
in a blaze of twilight -
you need to raise yourself up now
unfurl your timid wings -
and fly!
