He Inhaled

He awoke in a fog, a cerebral maze
    precisely fifty years from the days
  of the battles over air and seas

  Focusing his gaze, ruins all around
    seeking in vain, a road out of town
  Wide-eyed creatures with tails and CO2 feet
    zoomed everywhere ~ he began to retreat... 

  Stopping by a riverbank, he paused for a drink
    'til his senses were met by a terrible stink
  Assessing the situation with his last drop of will
    he inhaled more fertilizer ~ and lay deathly still

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Date: 3/20/2023 5:32:00 PM
Wonderfully creative story with a smashing ending. ARG Panagiota cc
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/20/2023 7:07:00 PM
Now I'll write one with the South Pole as a backdrop, in which case we'll have fertile ice, sir!
Date: 3/19/2023 9:37:00 PM
Sadly, there is more than a ring of truth in your clever couplet, Gershon.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/20/2023 7:08:00 PM
Truth creeps into my lines and my mind occasionally these days. :) gw
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