Breath of Death

 

Inertia reigns.  Tick-tock slows.
Rising chest slowly falls.
Heavy heart.
  Blackest night. 
Brain freezes. Souls starve. 
Words cease.  Proof in pudding. 
Unopened mail.
  Gas gauge “empty”. 
Sunshine gone.  Lights out. 
Nobody home.  Dirty dust.
Hands are cold. Heart is stone. 
Shriveled plants. Cupboards bare. 
Moldy food.
  Homeless shelters. 
Birds of prey.
  Mousetrap prisons. 
Flattened carcass.
Broken heart. 
Creaky boards.
Cold and barren. 
Stale air.
  Trashy clutter.  
Newspaper stacks.  Dank drapes.
Mail in bundles.
 

Dead are they. 
Smell of decay.


Empty lives.
 

Inertia thrives.
 

 

 

 

Copyright © October 2004 Amy Allison

 

 

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