The world’s astronomers, engineers, and militaries had spent four years trying to deflect the asteroid. Nothing worked. The impact would strike the Karakum Desert after midnight our time. Panic had given way to resignation. Animal noises all but disappeared. From the rooftop, we watched the sun sink below the horizon one last time.
Greg Hill is a poet and adjunct professor of English in Connecticut. He has an MFA from Vermont of Fine Arts and his work has appeared in
Cider Press Review, Atlas and Alice, Cargo Literary, Six Sentences, and elsewhere. Twitter: @PrimeArepo. Website: https://www.gregjhill.com.
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