These poems are from a series inspired by reading Atlas Obscura stories while listening to a music genre randomly selected from my list. The poems were written immediately after reading, still while listening to the randomly chosen music. Please share and/ or click the “clap” button at the bottom if you enjoyed this.

Mongolia’s Disappearing Ice Patches Threaten Both the Past and the Present
contemporary Christian (to be honest, I mostly watched the music video for “Burn the Ships” by For King and Country a dozen times)

So this hasn’t happened that anyone can remember —
God has brought you something new.

So the ice is melting
and you’re worried about your water supply.

So slake yourself with thirst, find higher ground,
bomb the shit out of anyplace you leave behind.

Your past is a willow fishing pole.
You don’t need it now.

Remains are decomposing; all that remains
is faith.

You’ll be provided a new animal to domesticate;
you will be provided for.

Imagine there’s an ocean
and swim yourself to shore.

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