Dystopia
by TheGhostWhoWatchesDeers
START
Blue lights surround
the remote control, he presses
one of the small buttons.
Nuclear attack in
news broadcast, hand
searches blindly the phone.
Video home system
shows time going forward
and moves it back,
when something - unexpected
happened
- still, he panics.
the landlord has to hear whining again
and she is tired to calm him.
WORK
75th anniversary
in the company he hates working
- taking pictures with the staff.
CEO
holds him on his shoulders
and whispers: my children
are not waiting to play
with them, my husband is
not waiting to fry the potatoes.
Empty meeting room,
blue aquarium in the background,
she undresses - chubby body
surprisingly satisfying his
needs.
He does what he hasn't done before,
moves hands across
upper and lower back
- bottom
only to find hemorrhoids.
END
Blue lights shine
the apartment, where he
suffers convulsions of
the things he experienced.
VHS tape runs
a news broadcast
- school shooting,
landlord didn't answer
his calls.
CEO runs in his mind
asking to come back
- to please her inadequte
soul.