The King’s Question

One day he asked the universe
for water.

His body’s shadow
sang to the moonshine.

Ghosts appeared on fire
Surrounded by dark matter.

The building blocks of the universe
sent him the diviner.

(c) June Perkins

This poem is part of a series – The Diviner.

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