autonomous machete for hands
warden and judge hide behind masks
wet raindrop lull

small rationing
exhumed the rhetoric of
break the weak in single file

sanction this outbreak- a virus conspires
push becomes shove, days become months
I seem to have forgotten the warmth of the sun

feeding frenzy it's contagious
have trigger will travel
single sparks are spectral fires


shackled the grapple and sentinels found
binoculars watch cardboard towns

strung up in webs the net was flung
over the auditorium
slave trade the weak, no call to arms

sanction this outbreak; a virus conspires
push becomes shove, days become months
I seem to have forgotten the warmth of the sun


a single spark can start a spectral fire
have trigger will travel