Covered

Metalic covered by grease.

Grease covered by mint.

Mint covered by ice.

Ice covered by..

    ice covered..

ice covered by emptiness.

emptiness covered by growling.

growling covered by…

growling covered…

growling…

no more

no more metallic, no more grease,

no more mint, no more ice.

Just emptiness.

Just emptiness and growling

Alana Conway

PA

15 years old

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