Visiting Home

by J.S. O’Keefe / October 26th, 2025

I step off the train
and begin walking through the old neighborhood

the streets are empty
I count sixteen blocks with no light
and the noise also fades
from the business side of the tracks

the city was always twin governed
by hunger and insidious peril
but now
it is a burial vault

luckily
the wise edicts of the Supreme Council guide my way

  • A sketch of this poem was published in 50 Word Stories on October 22, 2025.
    • J.S. O’Keefe’s short stories, essays and poems have been published in Everyday Fiction, WENSUM, Roi Faineant, 101 Words, Spillwords, AntipodeanSF, 50WS, Friday Flash Fiction, etc. Read other articles by J.S., or visit J.S.'s website.

    This article was posted on Sunday, October 26th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.