This is my follow-up piece to Rachael’s short story It’s Dark In Here https://theworldoutsidethewindow.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/its-dark-in-here/
Underground by John de Gruyther
It’s under the ground
“It’s alive, It’s alive”
Thunder claps
And lightning bolts
Dr. Sam and the beagles who smoke
In her mad-eyed enthusiasm
She chews on gum
Injecting needles into warm monkey flesh
Scrawny rats twitch and respond
But the cage created for herself
Is a permanent one
Sterile floors
Surgical gloves
None of it a replacement for love
Away from the doors and mirrors
What’s under the ground?
A menace lurking
A cruelty debt to be repaid
Do we reap what we sow
Said “one”, “two” and “three”
In the crunch of the car park an abandoned trolley
Holds the answer
It’s seen things it can’t tell
Cruelty like a malevolent cancer
Once in its hold, will never let go
It’s growing
In the playgrounds
In the boardroom
In…
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