Book of Epilogues I

Onward to the end,
light returns the travelers
to the final age.
A forested hemisphere
now with displaced visitors.

Parsley moved his hand

away from his eyes to see

the DeLorean

surrounded by hollow knights.

Sage said, “They pierced the engine!”

Ty shoved the car door,

opening it with such force

to send a knight back.

Pulling the sword from the trunk,

Ty sliced through their foe’s armor.

Joining in the fight,

Parsley cut through the steel horde

until none remained.

Mary saw the coast was clear,

opening the backseat door.

Sage checked the display,

unsure of their location.

Mary looked around

calling out through the forest,

“Don? Where are you?”

Parsley found water

dripping from the car’s engine.

He said, “We’re stuck here.”

Ty asked, “Yes, but where is here?”

Light glistened through the tree leaves.

But there was no sun

or moon in the chrome-white sky

encasing the realm.

Sage stepped away from the wheel,

to assess the car’s damage.

She spoke to Parsley,

“If we’re somewhere lost in time,

I do not know when.”

Mary said, “I don’t think we’re

in Scarborough anymore.”

R.L.P. Auriga

Nassau County, New York