the dogs of war
and hounds of hell

        need loving homes

                        to live in peace
                        and live to tell

Fighting the pull
in this valley of ashes.
The lure of escape
from the struggle it masks.
Learn from the eyes
of the gaunt and the flaccid.
The backlash is massive
and they're all out of cash.
Begging for breath
it gasps and collapses.

2017-2019