Gone South - Alex Cameron

It was the day, and then the shot came

From the sky, and then it was the night

But nothing in me was tired, so I did not sleep

Instead I waited in a bush

I sat and watched, but no one came

Except a rabbit and some dogs

But they did not give chase, as far as I could see

They’d lost their appetites, too

I spent some time making bird calls

But none responded out of fear

I dug myself a spider’s hole, and it was hungry work

And then I ate from my geo-stash

I made some notes for my legacy

With some mud on a rock

But I was not fulfilled without an audience

After a while I gave up

I missed a plane flying overhead

Through the sky and off into the night

I knew that I could not compete with that technology

So I designed a bear trap

I met by chance a great tall man

Who said he had a room full of orphans

He had them working round the clock preserving energy

He spoke about the keys to survival