ELECTRIC SHADOWS

I've never been scared

By shade at sunset

But shadows

Other than my silhouette

Can haunt me

Almost to the point of death

With their tailgater's grin

And heavy breath

And the black dog

They insist on walking

As I seek peace

Away from fools talking

To lenses panning

Like madmen stalking

A sad victim

Of chance and circumstance

Not yet invisible in time's expanse

Against blank backgrounds
All set well aglow

With a few faces nodding and gawking

Telling me lies

That I already know.