honey bee — [K] (vii)

so when you have
cleaned out
the world

put all the things away
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
your only success
mr sun

we’ll be gone
mr sun
long gone

the only ones
mr sun
made by mistake

made by weird luck
we’re the only ones
mr sun

you’re the only sun
mr sun
to have technology

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

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

your greatest success
the greatest success
long gone

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

you didn’t think to look
did you mr sun
’cos you can’t
can you mr sun

we’ll be gone
mr sun
long gone

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

we’ll be gone
mr sun
long gone