Solid Glass Afternoon

The last turn before the bridge
Or the first turn after it.
Bugs bump into the windows

Back at the house up the slope.
The weather is perfect here.
The whole world is burning up

Or burning down. One of them.
One bug at a time. A thump.
Then another thump. Small lives.

There are no large ones. There are
No opportunities not
Past turns before or after

The glass bridge for the species
That won’t accept it can’t cross.