hiatus

walking alone in the city
passing from sunlight into shadow
and back to light once more

I spot a waterbug moving closely
in fits and starts along the edge
of a building seeking I surmise

a way out by going inward

another walker passes me and stops
beside me STOMP! the swiftness of death
the end of it all time out

the assassin resumes his pace I stand
seeking a way out by going inward
half in light half in shadow

awaiting the stomp the squish hiatus

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