radioactive
creeping through the soil
like an earthworm
it has no destination
watch your step
you don’t know where
those rocks have been
alchemists assay
ancient elements
in search of black magic
wolves of chernobyl
teach resistance
to their little ones
walking hospital hallways
cancer patients
pray for miracles
april two thousand twenty-five
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