Below Grade

by patientarrive · 22/04/2026
Published 22/04/2026 18:07

The clouds are the color of a shallow lake,

churning with a sickly, bruised green.

The air has a pressure that’s starting to ache,

the heaviest wind I have seen.


Down in the dark, the peaches have turned

to a black and anonymous sludge.

A web holds a June bug, brittle and burned,

by a door that refuses to budge.

#decay #environmental dread #nature imagery #oppression #surreal atmosphere

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