A monster
Awake
Sleepy
Sleeping
Until it opens
Its jaws
Slurps you in
And swallows
You up
The city
A place where families thrive
As they strive
To stay alive
A strange place
An oasis
Yet a desert
A lonely place
With people
Desperate
Children are caught up in the web
Falling under its spell
They hit the streets
Sometimes returning
As dust
Lying there in a box
Lost
Hopeless
Conquered
By this beast
As sly as a fox
The city
We are hypnotized
By a monster
A monstrous monstrosity
A conniving beast
Feeding on humans
Feasting on our fears
Bellowing over our insolence
Spitting us out
Spewing its guts
And we return
Never the same
Again
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