The Only Clue
Despite the sun’s cutting crew
finally braking through,
our ozone layer being sliced in two
like a climatic finale to end all shows.
Despite office blocks and houses,
retail parks and shopping centres,
road humps everyone hates
incinerating like yesterday’s news.
Despite the human race becoming
melted cheese on the cosmic pizza,
roving extra-terrestrials will still find
a shopping trolley in the canal.
Andrew Button lives in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire. He has had poems published in various magazines including Orbis, Canon’s Mouth, Staple, Envoi and Iota. Andrew enjoys the thrill of open mic performance when not working as a librarian in Warwick.