My work remains suspended in the space between the dire, the fantastical and the merely silly.
GALLERY 4: Vermin
Vermin:
1. Noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, esp. those of small size that appear
commonly and are difficult to control
2. An objectionable or obnoxious person, or such persons collectively
----Webster's Dictionary
Up to the last minute humans didn't know if climate change, pestilence, war or hunger would strike the precipitating blow.
The rats did not wait to find out and suddenly took off en masse and swarmed the cosmos in search of a new home.