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6 lbs. of garbage

by s-lyman-temple

frozen fallout shelter housing dried goods and tinder black bean and rice prepper bent on the end of days looking first to the sky and then to the government absorbing radiation and propaganda faster than organic apple juice can flush the system triple berry blast yogurt smoothie shakes violently in hands coated with Lyme and the scent of the non-believers bodies unburied lead only to disease and discomfort stench filled landscape harboring mutated mankind arms outstretched seeking normalcy and edible grains contaminated meat from damaged cans sits unprotected thin and frail lithosphere no longer preventing dermal cancer only encouraging drought and famine while burning retinas and emaciating newborns procreation as a plan of self-destruction and child-abuse distant smokestacks, cracked, create a forlorn skyline instilling visuals from days gone by of easy life and happy youngsters before the nuclear discovery
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Mar 17, 2014
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