Following them (1.)

[Semicircle]

Crescent smile,
eyes bulging,
Flummox divulging.
Intrepid listener.


Stalking the dark,
jonesing the metallic taste:
route to nowhere. 


Rummaging through bins,
Contents mangled,
the moment’s strangled~
retreat to bed.

Weary child sniffles,
groans call from deep inside the cavern. 
Must follow them.