Distant flurries of wild colours.
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Reds, blacks and greys carved closer surroundings.
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I struggled, treading water,
baking beneath
those pockets of heat.
All of those bricks and cages melted.
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Burnt, blackened sand
amidst the ash of your lost world.
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A gentle mechanical drone
stealing your last silences,
metal fingers
gripping tight.
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A chokehold on barely kicking feet,
handcuffs around the ankles.
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An inhuman eye absorbs every action
and imitates them
in its mirror.
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A hand over the mouth.
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It all seemed so certain, then.
About the Creator
Reece Beckett
Poetry and cultural discussion (primarily regarding film!).
Author of Portrait of a City on Fire (2020, Impspired Press). Also on Medium and Substack, with writing featured… around…
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