Portmanteau dreams Ein Berliners Jelly, yeast, doughnut Swing back, low Charioteers sweetened By Ben Hur's crossfade Into a background of bright shadow And time Which curl's favorite expression Express trains a hot-pulled espresso On tracks bound to crater At the end of our era Who's cause are we effecting here? That's for the paleontologists in the next eon To determine Filled with unseasonable doubt