The Big Empty: A Poem

Even Baikal must work

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The Big Empty

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

A life full of nothing—
You thought I was bluffing?
Is it time for a trade,
To master spoon or spade?
Even Baikal must work.

Pinnacle of nada,
Five years reverse data,
Which from peak to trough sinks,
To wallow at the brink
Of a backwards order.

Captain commissioned of the lame,
Marchi…