Empty shells of blocks of flats
and office buildings dark after
dark, even the wolves have
disappeared without a trace.
Europe after the blackout,
silence reigns over fallow
cemeteries where once
were towns and villages.
Oh, the irrevocability of it all.
Oh, the urge to make a new generation.
In the faltering neon light of the forever-
Closed chippy I gird myself for a battle that
we have already lost on this unforgiving tundra.
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Europe After the Blackout
BY Enno de Witt
bio- Enno de Witt’s poetry is firmly rooted in a tradition that goes all the way back to the dawn of language and to his youth on the Dutch North Sea coast. De Witt lives in the medieval city of Deventer on the banks of the river IJssel in The Netherlands. His poetry is published in The Netherlands, the USA and the UK.
