On the sun wrapped planet
people who are incarcerated
and willing to work
the mass graves
get a raise from $1.50 to $6/hr.
They stack the coffins
three high in a trench
so close to the sea.
The cities
in the distance
are filled with sirens.
* * *
On the plains
wind runs across
the black fields
shaking the pools of water
that formed where the night deer stumbled
like drunks in the mud
while celebrating
clean air
and the disappearance
of cars.
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