Apocalypse

could we fit all of the living and the dying into a moment
in the middle of nowhere
and nail it down into
an
ever
deep
ever lost hole
in this earth
the dirt
the clay
and heated center
to burn it up
with a final
and all consuming
swell
like a belly ache
a painful
hiccup
from this mother earth
taking it
bearing
it
because it is her duty?