Adagio at Nightfall
                                                    by John

Obsidian moon rises.
Crickets stir, music stretching,
Yawning and filling the night air.

Sleeping dragon, eye opens
Drowsy lid reveals emerald orb
Swirling cosmos held within.

Fiery breath ignites furnace
And gears roll into motion
Iron coils expand and contract
Steam hisses and funnels elsewhere.

Tethered possibilities, fettered freedoms
Dreamed dreamers dreaming
Compiling, organizing,
What element chance and what order?

Red rusted machine creaks and moans,
Universes spill out onto the floor.