blindness
raze a man stripped
of sight sinks
his fists into
the dirt of a day
that's slow to fade.

he unearths a rat
bereft of breath,
its dichromatic
eyes still open
to a world they
no longer know.

he tills the soil
until it froths
beneath his feet
and all his thoughts
are thankless tasks
he'd sooner set aside
than stand astride.

he thinks:
there_is_nothing
here worth saving.

and yet he goes
on digging.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from