NaPM April 14, 2018

[RiverNotch]

What scares me most


Poltergheists in the kitchen,
The zombies on our lawn,
A rat climbing out of the toilet,
The flock of gulls outside,

Tourists with their tripods,
The zombies by our door,
Cereal miller convention,
Hitchcockian birds outside,

Aliens in their tripods,
The town out for a purge,
Serial killer convention,
Meningoencephalitis,

Not-quite-graduating,
The town out for a purge,
The annual family meet-up,
Meningoencephalitis,

Not-quite-graduating
Then looking for a job,
The usual family shouting match
When talking to mom and dad,

A minimum wage paycheck,
Looking for a new job,
The phone getting disconnected,
Avoiding mom and dad,

A minimum wage paycheck
With seven gigs on the side,
The phone getting disconnected,
The strangers on our lawn,

Breaking up with the girlfriend
Because of "gigs on the side",
Our stuff whizzing overhead,
The cops knocking on our door,

Breaking up with the girlfriend,
The world falling apart,
Bullets whizzing overhead,
Bomb bursts in the distance,

A scrambled declaration,
The world falling apart,
The sewers becoming shelters
From bombs now closing the distance,

A forgotten declaration,
Poltergheists among ruins,
The sewers becoming shelters
No one will climb out