The Empty Mall

the black cat
returns its coat
– empty mall

 .

air guitar —
nothing for sale at
the empty mall

. 

empty mall –
the same voices
always inaudible

 .

after the bomb
two swallows fledge
in the empty mall

 .

every
face
in
the
empty mall

moon rocks

.

the empty mall
promises nothing
for everyone

 .

zombies speculate
about their origins
in the empty mall

. 

every storefront
in the empty mall —
a mouth

 .

empty mall –
I take the pills
I promised to take

 .

everyone arriving
at the empty mall
gets an empty balloon

 .

further into
the empty mall
than I ever meant to go

 .

a glass case
with a heartbeat
at the empty mall

 .

sunrise
burns a hole in the wall –
empty mall

 .

empty mall
so many
molecules

 .

the phases of the moon
turn sour
I walk on tiptoe
with your memory
through the empty mall

. 

a cloud of radiation
dissipates –
empty mall

 .

empty mall —
a herd of nameless animals
in housewares

 .

empty mall —
having our souls inspected
in the fountain

 .

the general shouts his name
to the crowd
in the empty mall

 .

the empty mall
is it me here
or another girl
with burning hair

 .