You live in a cul de sac Every house is built exactly the same Just painted different Some butter yellow and bright Some a ripe tomato's skin
You don't know any of your neighbors You don't know who lives right next to you They have kids or something Maybe
The newspapers are kept in a locked safe in the middle of the neighborhood You use your digital code to pluck one out After walking outside in the hot summer sun You return home Read the headlines And smoke *** in the dining room
It takes a little while to peak
The kids come home from school The Wife's home from work
You're spinning You have span You hath spun
The dust of the angel Has blessed you with wings
They sprint away for their lives Your three kids and only wife
But you're too fast
First you chase down your youngest Too young and weak to even have a chance at escape You grab him by the ankles and split him apart with your bare hands
You're out the door and tearing across the asphalt You hear their screams but no one else is outside And no one cares to leave their house The middle child is no where to be seen But the oldest is hopping over the stucco brick walls
You follow Lawns and patio furniture Dogs and small swimming pools Just frightening blurs The oldest son trips over the knarled stump of a shrub And once again you hold both ankles His skin and bones part His whole body gives way And you're a rusty plow to the wet earth You're the sharp sickle to the golden wheat
There's only one left You can't even remember a middle child Was there another child
The wife is just a sprint away Holding ancient technology A payphone There shouldn't be any of those left
You dig your toes in The rubber of your boots melts and reeks Your wife's form bends in the burning heat But now you're there Face to face And instead of the ankles You're just staring into her eyes
You see a verdant land Green with live growth Covered in compost and fertilizer Trash and feces
A beautiful Wonderful land covered in ugly waste To flourish and bloom To be bought and sold
You're holding her tight and sobbing I'm scared I'm so scared I'm scared
She reaches in her pocket and withdraws her nine milimeter She shoots you through the chest and your heart bursts Your last thoughts are just drivel