the future

lean and hard,

a new breed,

survivors

emerging

from the dust,

not quite

human,

something different,

strong,

unafraid,

cold;

soulless;

all that remains

from the great

and terrible

affliction,

sons and daughters

of the apocalypse,

unseeing,

unknowing;

unforgiving;

fearless,

flesh,

frigid,

inner pistons

pumping

the beat

of life

where there is no

life,

savage killers,

preying

on neighbors,

feeding

on brothers;

the future.

.

.