Poetry · Writing

slipping

leaky pipe

dripping

into a metal bucket

lights flickering

humm

pop

drip

closing in, a children’s song echo

through crumbling walls:

ring

around

the roooosiee

humm

pop

drip

an older lady propped

outside her apartment

flicking a lighter

shaky death stick

the light and a sweet sizzle

h

p

d

triple shift lethargy

feeble gripping keys

sweaty open palms

grasping folding walls

slipping

h

d

p

ring

around

the

rooo

si

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