below the equator


they quit this century
and stuffed their old clothes into
new black trash bags.

to move into another universe
of the mind and
a different continent
that still held the universe as one,
or a part of a
whole in a disjointed peace offering.

an offering to forgive time
and pat a child on the head
that holds a
crisp
baby girl doll
that smiles in a futuristic bend.

a bend for the
straight reality that fell
several shades
below the equator.