the zealots and other psychos were expecting

asteroids and super volcanoes  and searing solar flares

and reversal of poles and the the earth turning over

and Jesus piloting the Mother Ship to retrieve us


but no no no to these childish fantasies

of the spiritually mentally and emotionally disenfranchised


The Apocalypse is slow and daily and happens

as crime has always happened


one last hammered nerve

one last broken heart and the shooting starts


except in numbers now unbelievably huge

as everyone looks over their shoulder not knowing

which face will be the one who delivers you from life

which zealot which psycho...which foe or which friend...



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