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A SOFT RUMBLE

 

A soft rumble

Came from the other side of the universe –

All the analysts hard at work –

Was it a sign of an earthquake

Or maybe a volcano threatening

Or a very loud rock band unleashed –

But they never arrived at a logical explanation

So opinions were left to fill the void

            Some thought it was a nuke

            While others conjectured it was a war

            Others heard the voice of God

            And yet some proclaimed it was a meteor

            So the media disseminated it all –

            Unwilling to edit or omit

            And the world they reached panicked

            Selling stock and building shelters

            To hide from radioactive ghosts

            Who had been seen

            Hovering above crime scenes

            Waiting perhaps to claim a soul

            Before the body is cold.

The long range missiles are never sent –

Just the “tactical weapons”

If there is such a thing –

And the weight of expectations

Brings down economies

Except for the biggest of the big

And they partner with congressional refugees

In the deepest salt mines

To plan out a non-existent future

As far as the humans above can see

From God’s laboratory                                                                                 221009.1