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Stealthily he creeps upward
Impinging not a creak on the stairs
Lips sealed, ears listening for any sound…
Emerging from the dank cellar …
Necrotic, rotting carcasses
Caught in the final blast
Encompass only silence
About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
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