cockroaches got together in my flat &
formed marching columns across
the living room floor they march to the heed
of their great leader; one cockroach among
the many thousands marching stomping
beating up other bugs & allying
w/ the houseflies who have their own
empire in the window; another weaker power
lives under the bed & these marching soldiers
hope too to rule one day but their great leader
will leave no heirs &
their empires will collapse when I move