A hidden sniper stalks helpless prey

cooly luxuriating, over fawning victims

Reaping scythe aloft, to slay

Seams billowing claret resin

Frantic screams, bewilderingly curmudgeon

Scrape deep inner-eardrums’ empty walls

Carmine blankets befuddle surgeons

Shrieked claims enthuse roll calls

Waves carry; bouncing noise, reflected

Continues whirr-whirring, at pace

Wheels spinning mix silence – undetected

Keen ears espy broken, eclectic space

Traffic-dazzling on-coming glare

Annul time’s decadent seizure

Blinding flashes conceive heart-scare

Stricken life concocts amnesia

Concussion imagines collision clashes

Folded: totalled; unbending darkness

Tears stream – near death – sodden eyelashes

Muted grief’s involuntary distress

Silence permeates relentless siren

Repeats, flashing static-blue replay

Doors slam – slamming rehearsed unison

Raised voices hauntingly float away

Caught, in fate’s headlight intrusion

Technology makes determined stand

Whirr – whirring away damning illusions

Senseless swimming wont ever make land,