as the meteorite got closer to the earth
the concrete cracked and the tar began to boil
the street-signs bended and the sea let out clouds of steam
the poet put on his swimsuit and sun-glasses
but decided against sun-tan lotion
-a poet should never overdo things
Seb Doubinsky is a French bilingual writer and poet, born in 1963. He currently lives in Aarhus, Denmark, with his wife and their two children.