humanity

onward
forward
backward
sideways
head long

brings up the rear
faces front
trail sweep
never leads
leader
never looks back

keep it going
the line swells
recedes
gross as it undulates
slight as it retreats 

the whole of humanity
balled up into one
sucked through a straw
spat out as eternal trash
© Karen Casady 2019


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