Dirt

[naut]

Dirt

They pound squares,
On either side
Disperse the morning exodus;
Search to find trivial answers,
Grovel for sustenance
Counter the transaction,
A cascade of faces,
Bound to show heads and tails.

The grey below,
Cast across us
In wordless ways;
Darkness to the silence
Of carburettor alleyway,
Pass the faces to dimly disregard,
Repress the notion,
Beneath a mosaic of girders.

A rainfall of tension,
Down it comes weeping
Upon the master;
Rust the broken stacks,
Smoke belches in racks,
Vision to obscure,
Overhaul the heart
Prescribe an electronic pulse.

Stroll towards every end,
Doing the shoulder shuffle,
With each step, the breath shortens;
And from Fate’s hands
Appears a silver platter,
Turn away, it slips and clatters
Memories filled with the ugly,
As all slips into covert.

Find the key,
To this living dread,
Open more than glassy eyes;
Leave a momentary trail,
The briefest glimpse,
As it fades and burns up
I know my soul’s innocence
Can never be reimbursed.