this morning,
amid the traffic
of commuters,
fighting their way
for their weekly pay,
I saw a rat,
once alive,
now flat as a tortilla,
its insides peeking out,
looking like chewed up
cinnamon gum.
Its hairless tail
poked up from
the asphalt.
Its body
an airless sac
of death.
I hope this morning
that you feel
just as deflated,
as lifeless
and still as its
rotting corpse.
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