nyctinasty [or where the poppy fields burn]
we start & we stop & we start again
I mean everyone needs to rest & refuel
before getting back in on the action
it seems like everyone’s wearing masks
either protecting themselves or others
but perhaps for other reasons entirely
big brother capturing the action on video
sometimes from as far away as 5oo miles
meanwhile beyond the cities poppy fields
live & die year after year after year
folding themselves in on cool summer nights
only to reopen come the morning light
june two thousand twenty
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