He tried to stay a step ahead

                of what ?

                                                                                                what was he trying to outleg  

leave in his dust  what was he throwing looks over his shoulder at

gaining on him

                         Id bet surly imaginings

anxieties 

     dark foreboding themes  nebulous flickering images  cast on screens of tattered 

spider webs

Alive

in some secret place thatll never be

never draw breaths

or breed

   

                        spectral doppelgangers 

                                                                                               who are unable to cry for loss
smile for happiness  or shrug confused 

only to chase

                      and if he flinches perhaps

to catch him

   

                          should he make it so

1218,  Day-Between-Two-Ts,  9  7. 14