CPJournal #5

Waste

The world opens

like a hungry mouth

Its lasso tongue

Spins you

‘round

Its belly

like a vacuum

Sucks you in,

swallows you

Helpless as you

slide

Down

through shadowy

Tunnels

into the darkest

Bowels

of Bewilderment

Trapped

like impacted

Material

Unprocessed

Waiting

to Pass

through the open

End

of recycled

Salvation

© Debbie Berk

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