BAT SONG: SILVESTIEN'S MOURNFUL BALLAD IN THE DUSTY DEPTHS OF MCCARTHY

In the sun-bleached silence amidst a world choked by dust, a solitary bat hangs suspended. She, a creature in shadow and moonlight, sings. A somber tune escapes his throat, a dirge born from the ashes of a forgotten world. It is|This is a lament for lost trees, a song of emptiness. The dust swirls below it, a swirling graveyard of memories, and the