TEACUP

TEACUP

when
contemplating

the fragility
of a priceless teacup

remember
that only when
it is broken
does it lose
its fragility

its beauty;
its curse

say goodbye
to all it was

brainstorm a
future
    where the
world is its oyster
disaster, chaos
               no longer
feared

their terrible power
lapsed into
   comic irrelevance

a cosmic joke
you can take
            to the bank

where they all are
suited, shrouded
in grey,

the experts on priceless