Dogs caught in a perpetual tug of war,
choking on the leash that keeps
freedom at bay.
Bugs swarming a bright light,
reaching for
death.
Cars clogged like toilets,
filling a space that once held
only trees.
Old men in nursing homes,
coughing up medicine like
blood.
This earth, our earth,
dying
faster than we are, suffocating in the
smog we need to keep ourselves
alive,
drowning in the accident
we’ve lost ourselves in.
choking on the leash that keeps
freedom at bay.
Bugs swarming a bright light,
reaching for
death.
Cars clogged like toilets,
filling a space that once held
only trees.
Old men in nursing homes,
coughing up medicine like
blood.
This earth, our earth,
dying
faster than we are, suffocating in the
smog we need to keep ourselves
alive,
drowning in the accident
we’ve lost ourselves in.
