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Checked Out
November 24, 2018
The divine almighty
of the crooked earth
made the weakened crawl
with dirt dragging into
our chipped fingernails
like the paint on our homes
Her flood of chaos ignited the flames
and her flames burnt down the only
hope we had: the sea
& her mighty craft
swept our flatlands into the ocean
like dirt under a rug
or ice under a fridge
and we were engulfed in the fire
that our own hands caused
She came down on us with her wrath
ripping herself apart in the process
just to show us she is the divine almighty
and then the moon betrayed us
followed by the sun
Checked out on us like a motel for drunk couples
Who turned off the lights to save the electricity
© Ashley B., North Port, FL
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Sage Short is an eighteen year old writer based in Myrtle Beach, SC.