Avia

Slaughtered Sofia

(sickened by indecision) sucked

into the glut

of a murder

of metal crows.

Her orphan Borg slurp

their black sacrament

and plug in-

to the Hive Mind.

And  you

(impossible Wichita)

placate your heart’s desire with

treasonous whispers

(bribes and

insincerity).