This is the way the world begins
This is the way the world begins
This is the way the world begins
not with a whimper but a bang
As orbits converge
our constellated skin collides
kaBOO M
and countless freckles blur
in the birth of a new zodiac
We have overcome the gravity of other lovers
Let the universe choke on lightyears
We have no time for parsecs now
There shall be no astronomy
during the meteor shower
only a sky of dazzling light
and the pulse of blood
like god and song
For ours is a new cosmography
ours the new Big Bang
Joshua Peralta is an English teacher and writer living in Oakland, CA. He’s published poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in various small journals, local magazines, and newspapers, in print and online. Some names include Open Letters, Bird’s Thumb, Spry, The Good Men Project, Rip Rap, San Pedro Today, The District Weekly, and Random Lengths News. In addition to 3rd & Orange, he’s currently completing work on another collection of poems called Gross Americana, and in the middle of a new biographical portrait of Depression-era writer John Fante. You can learn more at Joshuaperalta.net.