Artificial Genesis

In this beginning – as Canada
burns – nothing is unformed and void.

Nor does darkness exist on warehouse shelves,
high-def lands of enchantment, where all is beautiful:

Everest whitely defies climate change.
A trolly passes trees of golden leaves.
A shark flips its caudal fin through sun-lit seas.
Oars dip to a tropical river like ladles in savory soup.
Clouds giftwrap low-slung hills.
Sunflowers grow to standing ovations.
Grapes sweeten on stages of vines.
Castles and villages make love to medieval rivers.

These worlds loop again and again on screens.
You will never miss them.
They do not die as temperatures rise.