we are damned like flies

the anti-aircraft barrage

of the flat surface

knocking you

out of the air

knocking sense

into or out of you

sweating bullets

knives and car crashes

out and over

flattened and

easier to survey

 

we are damned like flies

our shells littering

the window sill

an invisible pane

entombing us

in the light

of an outside world

indifferent to

our passing

to the desperate rattle

of tired wings

on glass

 

we are damned like flies

damned like mice

damned like a sparrow

we are damned

damned

damned

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