The clouds floated on the face of
the water, which flowed
silently under branches of trees.
Nothing moved
nothing stirred
but the grey water.
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Up above the sun shone
cloaking the trees in burning heat
and searing the ground;
charring the last
vestiges of grass
that were not burned
by the salt laced stream.
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The sun fell below
the far off horizon
kindling a breeze,
which blew through the
now empty hostile heartland
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and plastic pieces
bowled along the broken earth
surviving silently in a scape
devoid of the living.