Day 3, 40 minutes, 40 poems, 40 days

The Benefits of Godlessness

Prayers will not matter when the world ends
—sun swallows his planets; earth turns herself inside out—
we cannot be transcendent
ushering in the forgiven.

How beautiful, the countless bones
decorated particles, diamonds
created
to tempt the keepers
or destroyed,
to absolve our sins
against the gods
we once called stars.