PENTATHLETES

PENTATHLETES

there is Hell to pay
in the non-fiction section

storms hurricanes temprsts
rising temperatures
signs of alien life

stuff creeping out of books
not even waiting
for anyone to read them

danger money for
sales assistants, librarians
as well

as they hack their way
to the undergrowth
to reach the stacks

no sign of an increase
seems like no one
of substance is
left in the union

no old style hero’s journey
pentathletes
able to have their backs