Trip through shifting rubble, kicking up dust; smothering coughs.

Hungry pack of trackers, beady-eyed snipers, stalking our prey.

Angry grenades flush it out. Telescopic sights place just enough distance between us.

Aim carefully. Don’t think.
It’s only another dumb creature.
Fire phaser.

I hear the last man on Earth scream.

Steven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. His sound installation SEVEN STORIES debuts at Northampton Royal and Derngate theatre this November. You can follow his work at www.stevenholding.co.uk.