ALLEGORY Poem: 1/2, by Kacey Willow

your neighbour saw you throwing rocks at another house, far away.
but when a rock flew back, you stopped.
the next morning it was so hot you could see smoke on the horizon.
and when it cooled down, you came down with it.

a new flu
had made its way into the house.
you blamed the immigrants across the highway, but
you could have been better by now if you just took care of yourself.

a man suffocated on the sidewalk right under you
but it was just the son you didn’t really like.
then, coughing, you opened your door and saw the entire family glaring back,
behind their heads, the fires on the horizon growing bigger.

just like the one you held in your eyes,
when the yard was still free land.

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