Dazzled by the
@yonar on Twitter
Flickering lights
Of long lost hope
And broken dreams,
Ignorant the muffled screams
Of other victims, faintly wailing.
Self-tethered to the rotting carcass
Once dubbed liberty —
We’re suckling its dried-out teet,
Desperate and hungry.
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