<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pretend<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sunflowers sit in a vase<\/p>\n
starting to wilt just enough<\/p>\n
to lose their vibrancy.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A people sit in basements<\/p>\n
far from secure, not meant<\/p>\n
to be a living place in what for<\/p>\n
some of them will be their last days.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Knitting, clinking wine glasses<\/p>\n
as if their lives aren\u2019t shattered.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pavement above an empty space<\/p>\n
littered with remains of yesterday.<\/p>\n
Nails scattered from the hinges of<\/p>\n
what seemed like solid oak doors<\/p>\n
now hanging crooked by a thread.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A solitary man in a proper blue suit<\/p>\n
strolls along the deserted street<\/p>\n
satchel in hand<\/p>\n
looking like he has not a care<\/p>\n
in the world.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Because the world he knew<\/p>\n
is nothing now.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And the world he sees<\/p>\n
is so foreign to him.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
That what was him is lost<\/p>\n
in a future so desolate and<\/p>\n
dark that all he has left is<\/p>\n
to pretend.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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