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The Industry Next Door

Posted 2026-01-25 by Katherine Montalto

The Industry Next Door Things about living near a factory Pollution creates beautiful sunsets Dusk clouds colored neon orange and pink But chokes out the daytime sun with grey smog Semi-trucks with 80,000 pound loads Smooth down the corners of every curb as they – Roll over them, making not-so-wide turns Ten wheels leaving the roads scarred with pot holes When the economy crashes, the weight Of the monoculture can no longer Be sustained, the factory collapses A star in a solar system – implodes A black hole forms and destroys everything The neighborhood plummets into decay

Posted in: Poetry | Tagged: 2026, 2026 01, 2026 poetry, 2026 sonnet, poem, poetry, sonnet

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