Saturday, November 18, 2023

Decaying Orbits - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Decaying Orbits

 

Wild vultures swirl in distant elegance

Circling gracefully in the high, cold blue

Wings beating the downdrafts into place and space

Then orbiting down, a narrowing decay

 

And landing lumpishly upon the dead

Their distant grace was but foul deceit

Up close they know only vomit and filth

Their orbits have decayed into decay

 

Perhaps at a distance we seem beautiful

But would we want to know ourselves up close?

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