it’s been a long time coming
the divisive fracture held
much longer than expected
through the wind and the rain
ever widening, splintering
the creaks and moans
offered fair warning
of what was to come
bathed in a sense of security
false though ever-clinging
begging, the fall was sudden
in the early morning hours
a rippling effect
tearing through the few
with eyes still wide enough
tongues held but left twisted
mouths in gaping distraction
as the voices give reminder
to just breath and move along
it might have gone unnoticed
in the throes of entertainment
but for this time, the shrieking
and the cries could not be ignored
this time, something was different
this time, they turned their heads
in shame at the reckoning of
their absence through the years
and indifference to the failing
structure that hung merely inches
above their day to day
a death sentence strung…
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