makes a sandwich
he layers root
over crust
and travels
across fields
and deserts
through culture
to language
without
ever leaving the sofa
because
he is
all there is now
the
last man
on earth
makes another
sandwich
and unscrews
all the clocks
he comes across
he makes no history
no record
because
he is
all that
has been now
he reads
every book
in every language
he eats the covers
and spits
the spines out
across the edges
of the
supermarket
where he buys
ingredients
for yet another
sandwich
the
last man
on earth
becomes
the first
person
on
earth
to write
poetry
all the
poetry
is his
now
he uses
the leftover
words
to make
one last
sandwich
before he
walks off
into the
canyon
where he
never goes
hungry again
because
he has
seen it all
now