allowable
loss
one step beyond invisible
they collect under the city
in the damp, gray wasteland
it is their way
skittering like roaches
in the flash of light
from an opened manhole
the colony of shadow figures
disperses with mute resignation
wraiths in layers of dinge
no longer recognizable as clothing
dodge puddles of slime
hands ringed with grime
civilization disappearing
as flesh tones dim
squinty eyes glowing yellow
in the cavernous recesses
of decaying infrastructure
©Katherine M. Searle
searlek@mail.davenport.k12.ia.us
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