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The Game of Post-Apocalypse

 Sharing today with The Sunday Muse #220. Come & share a tale!


Pick up the haunted book, open the cover. 
You've been watching the glass for years
Surely the specters deserve a voice. 

Where have all the people gone?
They are still walking the spectrum
Watching for the Between store.

Where else would you buy the sheets?
Not that they wear sheets--just light
Spun with dust drifting silk.

Practical, are sheets. Familiar chores.
That's not why you walk reflections
Listening for subtle coughs.

So many layers to the dim, flat world
Now that sunlight shatters among
Walkers and discount shadows.

Learning to see the art of desecration
Won't confine it to the deadly book.


I worry too many think it's possible to win the apocalypse. 

-- Chrissa

Comments

  1. Sherry Blue SkyJuly 23, 2022 at 10:13 AM

    I worry about the same thing, Chrissa. Major denial going on everywhere. Your poem is haunting - so many great lines - I especially love "So many layers to the dim, flat world
    Now that sunlight shatters among Walkers and discount shadows."

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  2. Carrie Van HornJuly 23, 2022 at 10:32 AM

    What you have done here is brilliant Chrissa! I love the questions and the learning to see the art of desecration. Like Sherry said it is haunting and that is what gives it such a presence and power. I had a feeling this was the image you would choose. I was thinking of you when I chose it my friend!

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  3. robkistnerJuly 23, 2022 at 12:28 PM

    This has impact Chrissa, and hits at the center of today’s issues — excellent write. ✌🏼🫶🏼

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  4. Gillena CoxJuly 24, 2022 at 8:35 AM

    "Practical, are sheets. Familiar chores.
    That's not why you walk reflections
    Listening for subtle coughs."

    My favourite verse Chrissa.
    Have a lovely Sunday. Thanks for dropping by my blog.

    Much💚love

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  5. Keith's RamblingsJuly 24, 2022 at 9:07 AM

    Each verse is a complete poem of its own. A poignant piece indeed Chrissa..

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  6. Marion HortonJuly 24, 2022 at 9:50 AM

    We carry on as normal don't we? Great poem. Particularly love the lines in your penultimate stanza.

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  7. Susie ClevengerJuly 24, 2022 at 1:57 PM

    You have a great voice for the image! Love this "Practical, are sheets. Familiar chores.
    That's not why you walk reflections Listening for subtle coughs."

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  8. FireblossomJuly 24, 2022 at 2:15 PM

    I insist that they do wear sheets. It's a requirement. :-P

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