dehydrating

Slowing
smokestacks suffocate the sky
as tears tumble from lines rent by quaking hands
latticeworks climb the neon stage
casting a wire mesh smile of shadows
on a rotten, concrete desert
shafts plunge for miles
pulling the surface of their surroundings
while the rusted blood of rocks drain through,
arterial; and tuneless thunder clamours
the concrete city trees beg to see the sun
reaching, with hopeful antennae
shaking to the winds of screaming terror
broadcast from nameless cyphers
stripped skin of the dead drapes the entrances
filtering out the poisoned air
colouring the light a murky hue
as radioactive dust batters against it
so desperate to tear the double helix
and watch the tower topple
sumps overflow and the once immobile
now journey a little farther out
to greet overhead cables in tumbling ballet
as the wind demands it
black leaves traverse the sunken channels
then currents cease, dramaless
time comes to rest in caustic stillness
hands drop to uncover a face of shivering fear
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