Santé! / Tom Schulte
- eva
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min read
Abraham van Beyeren's Banquet Still Life (1655)
Santé! Our coming children!
Embrace all for the dawn of death has begun!
We the only species to know an end will end,
And that deserves a cheerful toast!
Yes, a toast!
You were brought into a world never certain
And now even more uncertainty exists!
It’s not bound to improve, children,
We before you
And those before us have lost touch,
We called upon us change!
Only very few could surmise
Utter failure that was!
Who is to rise in our degradation you ask?
It is you!
Out of ever impending darkness,
You shall triumph in your own right!
Not all you shall know and meet
Is what is meant to be,
For all that exists we know will end when it ends!
So grab a glass
And toast yourselves!
Santé! ... Children!
Santé!
Tom Schulte occasionally creates poems, photos, and short films. At times combining speech and visual media to create a singular piece of work or performance. He is currently based in Brisbane.
[published as part of pps/FORA #1]
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