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i crawl along the baseboard
ready to scurry away
when the angry glare of light
warns me of intrusion
or the vacuum threatens
pure annihilation…
i sift through the crumbs,
the dust, the silence.
as my shriveled extremities
fight movement…
i wish to close my eyes;
it’s time to recoil the shuttle
and watch the shadows jerk by
like an old reel
on an endless wheel…
i see your faces come and go,
smiling, bright, full of
hope…you are all that
i am now…
and in the breath of
your promise,
i fade away…


home movies...soliloquies
ja allen