Little Boy

Green:
A light was spluttering at the wick
from the kitchen the kettle roared
all ailments diagnosed as coffee
the back door hung open
the garden a dark cupboard
aspirin melting on the tongue
television sounds, like oceans
clocks piled in the attic
a dressing gown taking a bow
in a photograph of clockwork
somewhere came the smell of gas
a promise slept in the bathtub
your flowers watered every day

Amber:
There was a movement as of sparks
across the dawning atmosphere
bones jangling with ceremony
the citizens of our blue earth
drinking coffee with milk and sugar
staring sarcastically into the afterlife
drifting somnambulent out of love
somewhere a fire leapt up
in the Moulin Rouge the can-can
toppled off the sequined stage
like a wave of rushing blood
time comes the silent hosanna
take hands brothers and sisters

Red:
They opened a door in the wall
and a supernova fell out
Krakatoa blinding black and white
sin and love were swallowed up
electricity and ash out of the ground
light in a cathedral of teeth
there was a sweet surrendering quiet
skin shivering from the bone
a suit of ecstasy became the moment
Superman fell like Icarus burning
the earth was turning on a cinder
the news read "The World Is On Fire"
a suit of ecstasy became the moment