Safety

The air is sweet
beneath a gentle sky
a lie
to cover the fumes
we pull in
the air is death
without escape
bucking trends
and breaking statistics
the old diseases
thrive in these skies
consumptive
collapsing into dust
while the message
stays strong
stays on its point
the poison brings safety
the poison does no harm
only
slow suffocation
that does not matter at all – Caroline A. Slee