Last Breath
© Marie Bortolotto 2024

fallen trees

executed for treason

in the Kingdom of Progress

hanged
drawn
quartered:

D
E
D  E  A  D
A
D

chainsawed
carcasses
reposing

on
concrete
crypts

an epitaph reads --


OUR VERDANT LIVES WERE CUT SHORT BY
THE CONTAGION OF HUMAN INGRATITUDE!

WHO AMONG THEM IS STILL BREATHING NOW?