It’s been the roadkill
since the hurricane
that has killed me.
I never saw the bodies:
the man
who was buried in rubble
and told his rescuers to leave him
because everyone he loved
was underneath him,
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Roadkill
It’s been the roadkill
since the hurricane
that has killed me.
I never saw the bodies:
the man
who was buried in rubble
and told his rescuers to leave him
because everyone he loved
was underneath him,
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