Brief declarations
of three ministers of war
facing a crisis,
Mein Kampf,
and only one nuclear formula;
each of them –
weighing a few tons –
was opening
horrendous black holes.

How time is relative!
Gravity slows down,
and all together
now barely can weigh
one pound of paper waste –
reusable.

(An efficiency-oriented Homo sapiens
ponders on recycling this paper waste.)
Alas,
how time is cyclic!


©Elena Malec, 1982-1997