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a sunday affair

a morning with promise
sunday before
sunrise

a child awakens
one of eight
sneaking downward
spiraling like a mouse between
the woodwork
advancing to the far corner of the ship
—the only television set
sits cold on the credenza

on the screen
johnny quest
bullwinkle & rocky
dudley do-right
go go gophers
who remembers them all

but something
more sinister awaits
in the next room
a flash of light
shadows moving slowly
soft metallic sounds

suddenly frozen
the child
pauses everything
playing out his own doom


november two thousand twenty-four
copyright j matthew waters
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