Dying City

Marjorie Pezzoli
Monumental Nothingness

lichens cling
the last leaf falls
a city underground 

unseen mycelium network 
a computer glitch

city council 
ants and cockroaches 
pigeons out of sight 

windows jam shut
the bonsai withers

graffiti 
hieroglyphics
art needs to survive

gmo-omg
a serving of soylent green 

rebar nails
wrongs un-righted
this sarcophagus contains all

a black hole forms
mushroom spores on the flip side
***

Tanka

thick walls
neither here nor there
trees in museums 
walking in leaf whispers
empty echos
***


Bio: Her writings deal with grief, hope, cosmic wonders, and stuff that catches her eye. Her poetry has been curated in numerous anthologies since 2019. Many of her works are inspired by her photographic observations taken while walking Beau, the dog with Betty Davis eyes. “The Cosmic Gumball Machine” is her weekly newsletter offering. Marjorie looks for words worth more than a thousand images. 

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