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The clouds hung so low
that the pillars of smoke
from the factories
held up the sky.
The stacks rose above spires
as straight as the spines
praying as if their words
were as useful as action.
 
Mists of fire
shrouded clustered lights
like fireflies in the fog
tempting the imagination.
The halos tricked
simple minds
into believing the worthiness
of substitutes.
 
Plastic bags danced
as nature’s sprites
across lacerations
on the numb ground.
Atlases noticed none of this
shrugged with indifference
and the future
went to hell.