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black and white overlays of feminine faces
Zone 3 Press, the literary magazine of Austin Peay State University
Volume 40, Issue 1
Volume 40, Issue 1

“END TIMES”

  • By Aminata Gueye

after Amiri Baraka’s “A Poem for Deep Thinkers”  

It’s not quite the end/it can’t be/the sign/of the times/vacillating waves of the decision/the eruption of all there is in our/little snow globe existence/Gabriel’s golden trumpet peeks itself/just beyond silver cloud boundaries/its flared horn glimmers one second like a wink/appearing, disappearing, disappearing, reappearing just to say/this can all go away in a millisecond/preliminary locus swarms/let’s say three years worth for global food systems/an appetizer/they’ll throw down confetti/from cumulus clouds in celebration of this/this/this/madness/  

Prayer beads unfurl from strings with a sigh/when its time to settle sin:forgiveness ratios/And I believe The Creator/toys with their eraser in nebulous star speckled hands and will soon/just ball up the page/chuckling to themselves/chastise the dream/of how beautiful they/thought it all could’ve been.  

About Aminata Gueye

Aminata A. Gueye is an honors graduate of Lehman College, where she double majored in Journalism and Africana Studies with a minor in English. Her writing explores the intersectionality of identity, self-worth, culture and history. She has been published in Brittle Paper for her poem “Lessons from Thiaroye (after ‘Move’ by Lucille Clifton)” and has been published in the United Nations’ Africa Renewal magazine. As part of the Cave Canem NYC Regional workshop, she performed her poetry at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum. Aminata is a two-time recipient of the 2024 and 2025 Lehman Writing Prize for Poetry.  

black and white overlays of feminine faces
Zone 3 Press, the literary magazine of Austin Peay State University
Volume 40, Issue 1
Volume 40, Issue 1

“END TIMES”

  • By Aminata Gueye

after Amiri Baraka’s “A Poem for Deep Thinkers”  

It’s not quite the end/it can’t be/the sign/of the times/vacillating waves of the decision/the eruption of all there is in our/little snow globe existence/Gabriel’s golden trumpet peeks itself/just beyond silver cloud boundaries/its flared horn glimmers one second like a wink/appearing, disappearing, disappearing, reappearing just to say/this can all go away in a millisecond/preliminary locus swarms/let’s say three years worth for global food systems/an appetizer/they’ll throw down confetti/from cumulus clouds in celebration of this/this/this/madness/  

Prayer beads unfurl from strings with a sigh/when its time to settle sin:forgiveness ratios/And I believe The Creator/toys with their eraser in nebulous star speckled hands and will soon/just ball up the page/chuckling to themselves/chastise the dream/of how beautiful they/thought it all could’ve been.  

Volume 40, Issue 1
Volume 40, Issue 1

“END TIMES”

  • By Aminata Gueye

after Amiri Baraka’s “A Poem for Deep Thinkers”  

It’s not quite the end/it can’t be/the sign/of the times/vacillating waves of the decision/the eruption of all there is in our/little snow globe existence/Gabriel’s golden trumpet peeks itself/just beyond silver cloud boundaries/its flared horn glimmers one second like a wink/appearing, disappearing, disappearing, reappearing just to say/this can all go away in a millisecond/preliminary locus swarms/let’s say three years worth for global food systems/an appetizer/they’ll throw down confetti/from cumulus clouds in celebration of this/this/this/madness/  

Prayer beads unfurl from strings with a sigh/when its time to settle sin:forgiveness ratios/And I believe The Creator/toys with their eraser in nebulous star speckled hands and will soon/just ball up the page/chuckling to themselves/chastise the dream/of how beautiful they/thought it all could’ve been.  

About Aminata Gueye

Aminata A. Gueye is an honors graduate of Lehman College, where she double majored in Journalism and Africana Studies with a minor in English. Her writing explores the intersectionality of identity, self-worth, culture and history. She has been published in Brittle Paper for her poem “Lessons from Thiaroye (after ‘Move’ by Lucille Clifton)” and has been published in the United Nations’ Africa Renewal magazine. As part of the Cave Canem NYC Regional workshop, she performed her poetry at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum. Aminata is a two-time recipient of the 2024 and 2025 Lehman Writing Prize for Poetry.