Drift

The Decline of Everything . Dark Literature for a Diminishing World

" The Decline of Everything Collection ." Dark literature for a Diminishing World . "
Pendleton, Oregon   May 2015

Drift

The part of me under stress

drenched in urban , post traumatic duress.

Family`s death

wife left

life diminishes with every breath

now the cracked foundation

of the interstate holds less.

I am in search of a hearse ,

of death I am not averse.

Point the barrel at my brain ,

watch the temple topple

burst in pain .

In vain I search for a way out

of the dreams

of ashen

and polluted

rain ,

where others fall

as I climb

denying my gain .

The whole of me under stress

as I contemplate the terminal duress.

The hopeless drifter

highway litter

feet blistered

body shivers

I am a stranger

amid a twister

quiet as a whisper .