a drop

of vantablack ink

suspended

on an earth

of bright blue water.

the politics of tight water-molecule bonds

abhor

every proton, nucleus & electron,

of every black atom.

vantablack ink

can never bond with water;

the earth remains blue.

slowly,

the scheming brilliance

shines through:

vantablack ink cannot spread any more.

vantablack ink is dissolving.

vantablack ink is no more.

from the next minute

to

the last second of holy demolition,

a zillion blue children

learn the ways of the water.

vantablack ink is never mentioned;

vantablack ink

was never there.