Hometown Hero: Chapter 7
The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic
Harlie Radio image by Joe Haput CC BY-SA
Hometown Hero: Chapter 7
by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
What poor, benighted hospital is this,
asked the ex-angel as he wheeled himself
through corridors where water dripped from joints
unsealed, and mold grew like imperial surveys
across the walls. A blotched light oppressed him,
and others he passed, broken leg stuck out …