Shallow Grave
Hulking metal skeletons leer hauntingly from the battlefield
Twisted pipelines, silent dereks, sporadic methane candles flare up
Oil tanker semi’s list in the ditch, puffed up pickups sit idle at abandoned dealerships
The great behemoths of the sea lay beached, ruptured hulls leak, ooze black blood streams
Oil rigs consumed by mutant mollusks slowly submerge
Desiccated remains of humanity scattered about
Coyotes, Rats, and Vultures scavenge the shallow grave
Shattered iPhone face, shredded Armani rib cage, Tiffany crystals pulverized returning to sand
Amazon savanna smolders in the hot sun, bunch grass, and scrub brush
Antarctica dessert sands blast about in a torrent of wind, aeolian dunes merge
Everglades submerged in salt, broken by crashing waves
Asian sub-continent swallowed by hungry seas, Hindu temple and Buddhist figurines hide in the deep
Great North American barren landscape, inhospitable dystopian dream
Desiccated remains of humanity scattered about
Coyotes, Rats, and Vultures scavenge the shallow grave
Dust bowl diamond fields collect tumbleweed
Yankee stadium playground for jellyfish
Hollywood boulevard shattered remnants, opulent delusions
Hallowed halls of Congress, hollow echo chamber for Ravens and Rats
Silent ghosts scream foreboding warnings to titans of consumption
Capitalism, deaf ears blithely beat to the monetary rhythm
Narcissus drowns in a fossil fuel sheen
Desiccated remains of humanity scattered about
Coyotes, Rats, and Vultures ravage the shallow grave
Pre-teen black beauty queen sits on a broken swing
Genetically modified dandelions preen in the winter sun
Lonely shadow of death moves the pawn for checkmate
Playground of disheveled dreams