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SOUTHERN CROSSES I

Electric Line's sway, 
spider webs of industry 
along a rocky lane under 
a hot southern sun, cicada…
cry high, into the crystal blue sky 
We are a ghost nation 
of Man’s hypocrisy
crossing shadows under a hard
noonday sky.

The empty road under the leaning 
Electric crosses of civilization 
Shadows fall, carving silhouettes into
Upon hitting noonday ground 
Humanity lost all reason 
Along a rocky, dusty road 
As day bleeds into a hot
Southern night
Crickets cry high

As the moon rides the 
White galleons of cloudscapes
As star falls in infernal southern sky
Frogs sing the song of endless rain 
As electric crosses lean
Under the halogen of streetlights 

Crosses stand, lean to and fro
Like graves of the day
Souls drift and sway
As a nation is lost along the way
Bought and sold
While electric crosses align
A forgotten road
Of a Nowhere nation, undone…
Watching all fold…!

Copyright © Poet Tellaferro

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