Considering Coal’s Constitution

Nicholas Banszegi
        For the lost Zip Code: 17927 

Consider coal:
chocolate cemeteries.

Consider coal:
compressed carbon compositions.

Consider coal:
cold’s composed-counter-courtier.

Consider coal:
crimson charred cake,
combustion-concentrate.

Consider coal:
colonization, cheated continent-content,
captures condoned conservatively,
crucifix-coalitions,
cannibalized churches.

Consider coal:
carbon civilizations,
civilization: coal craving cultures.

Consider coal:
constructed company contracts.

Consider coal:
centralia’s cradle.

Consider coal:
combusting cinder currencies,
cash-cum-cheques,
corporate compendiums.

Consider coal:
caverns caving, creating craters,
combusting carpentry,
county cartilage collapsing.

Consider coal:
council-chambers confessing:
circumventions, consumptions, cheated checks.

Consider coal:
Centralia’s cursed forever fire.