Slow Arsenic
Moonsky is an ocean
Roaring to the dreams with
Disheveled white hair
Of premature old age.
Its flying flocks
Drank a dose of arsenic
Dancing in the paddocks
Of suffering and ignominy.
The cost of living
Mingled with the slow poison;
siblings consumed
mum and dad alike.
Watching with a wink,
Floating horizon slowly
Lowered the curtain.
The scenery of clouds
Moved away to the darkroom.
Doors of their house
Shut with a thud;
their bedroom lamp
turned off with their eyes.....
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