Trending shopworn rumors of declineall that thrives within this tetheringgray, seeding serpentine vines of invasivedecay, threaded through veins ofa retiring mind, curlingoutward from glassed eyes embracinglyblind. I have begged youagain, once more and againtell me where we are, friend in this slagheap of men that suck this hardhusk of Earth, like it still has its milk, likewe might yet arise, …