[Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, revelation; apocalypse, from apokaluptein, to uncover : apo-, apo- + kaluptein, to cover; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
Draw the heavy velvet drapes open,
see the moon’s pockmarked marble
darkly floating in the sky: perigee-
syzygy, disco ball rising on invisible
pulleys up the dome of this all-night
discotheque where we’ve come to dance
while looking furtively over one
twitchy shoulder every five minutes…
And we don’t know, we don’t know,
despite the floodlights spilling
on our heads, just how the next act
plays out. Lift the veil, a voice
cries out. But we’re too mired in
the music; and it’s almost better
just to close our eyes and press
deeper into our partners’ arms.