Dragging by the leash defunct canines Flies fluttering like vultures in the ash Our west has died Its nails settled firm by utopia The wind is breeding infection Try your best to keep from breathing Bodies crave shelter from the heat Ants outside are closing in So we lost in a haze A strange ball where everything surfaced All broken glass soaring Grey feathers sailed the stale air Hand in hand we strolled to the end Footsteps blurred, a glare in sight And hearts in sludge Like windfall down the drain Saw your face in the flood beneath I wore my scars for you Within passion’s dying embers The feeble quest is no more