other animals

before all the begetting unending 
nothing not even dark then through a 
gap the fast light she can’t hold back
and soon everything that ever, but 
no there never was some big brooding lord 

of death quaking across the land 
looking for ladies to lift. She 
wanted company and the boy seemed 
eager enough for her delicacies 

and so stayed a spell while Earth was 
breaking with cries over her love 
lost while the fruits drop dry and brown

so what could our sweet dark sister 
do but share a small part of the year