soon to be

the dawn

gray

summer
coast

cold

like fall

gray

with breaks
of afternoon
warmth

you say
we

don't know

you say
we substitute

and that that
lacks all your perks

and yes

that is the point

there are so few left
to feed your machine

to serve
for the reward
that has grown
thin

and with it
our ease to resist
thick

our ease
to drop down
the chains
and run free

those high
have so far to fall
especially as the herd
is culled

the dawn

is it?

or dusk

soon to be
for sure
and forever