the power of the tools
the fog machine broke down
& there wasn’t an able body
around to fix it
—they had all gone off to war
without the fog machine
[the elders lamented]
everyone left behind was certain
to die a quick or slow death
day by day the drums drew nearer
the children gave rise to thought
abandoning the fog machine
& focusing on unleashing
the flood of the century
june two thousand twenty-three
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