Wednesday, December 1, 2021

she won't get in tonight

i go out into the cold
night
to check
the barb wire.
the electric fence.
i pet the dogs.
feed them.
i turn off the search
lights
and set the alarms,
adjust the cameras.
i raise the draw
bridge at the moat.
get the vats of boiling
oil ready
in the tower,
along the high walls.
i'm ready,
so ready.
she won't get in
tonight.

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