honey bee — [K] (vii)

so when you have
cleaned out
the world

put all the things away
and scrubbed the sea beds

so they’re gleaming new again
ready to be roasted

then dear sun
then
we’ll be long gone

it’s looking like
we’re the only ones
and we’ll be gone
long gone

you’ll have lost us
the only success
we’ll be gone
mr. sun
long gone

the only ones
you mr. sun
by mistake
by weird luck
were the only one
the only sun

to have technology

not that you’ll ever realise
we’ll be long gone
mr. sun
long gone

so boil your seas
sheen the seabeds
we’ll be long gone
mr. sun
long gone

your greatest success
the greatest success

you’ll have lost it
mr. sun
you didn’t think to look
’cos you can’t

we’ll be gone
mr. sun
long gone

we’ve got a grasp of matter
we’ll get a grasp of time

we’ll be gone
mr. sun
long gone