The Barbaric Yawp

Inspired by “Alone is what I have. Alone protects me” from Sherlock BBC 🖤

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Flame-coloured pavement,

Thickly-set concrete;

I crouch, my fingers press,

Jostling the earthenware.

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Writhing, shivering, beckoning—

With gait and stride like the army’s,

The fog slithers and deceives,

In splintering silence, it leaves.

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Incredulous, I’ll be —

Protected by my shadow;

No ally, no enemy,

Only the delirium of my being.

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A malignant spree,

Invades the city;

But you’ll not be victim,

If you’ll be complicit.