Dead Air

by Mae Grey · 31/12/2025
Published 31/12/2025 13:48

The dresser moved a foot or so.

The wall has nowhere left to go.

The socket sits in beige and dust,

a plastic thing that I can’t trust.


A spider’s legs are curled within

the holes where current should have been.

The copper waits for some new spark.

The room is getting very dark.

#alienation #darkness #domestic emptiness #electrical failure #isolation

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