Narrated by Cretchen Tessmer
Illustration by Sue Babcock
I’ll expect a classy end, you know…
big bang deconstruction
post-modern soirée
black holes with ties undone and
everyone drunk
on star smoothies
swirled with fire, ice
and screaming silence
(sure, a little violence)
followed by the orchestra rising
brass sounds
trumpets and percussion
with a big band to play us out
a spray of champagne bubbles scattered
and falling up
or down, depending on perspective
with Lawrence Welk bowing
(and then, a little dancing)
because everything
should end with a little dancing
adios
au revoir
auf wiedersehen
BIO: Gretchen Tessmer is a writer/attorney based in the U.S./Canadian borderlands. She writes both short fiction and poetry, with work appearing in Nature, Strange Horizons and F&SF, among many other venues. For news of publications and upcoming projects, follow her on Twitter: @missginandtonic