Suddenly

Cold rain tore through my chest like shrapnel
And my coat fell ragged around my feet. When
I tried to run for it I tripped and smashed my face
Into the asphalt and through my one good eye I saw
Lightning hovering over me like a guardian angel
And when I asked if I could please get up it poured into me,
Crawled up inside me like a rat into its warm nest.

Later, the storm passed, I stood up, scorched but
Whole. I walked home and took a long, hot shower,
My fingers trembling as I soaped up,
My eyes still filled with so much light.

A Toast to Destruction

The blue planet was getting cocky
So they came and leveled everything
They could get their goddamn hands on
Cows flew everywhere along with
Tax accountants and the whole swirling mass
Really took flight and that was how I knew
To open that bottle of wine I'd been saving
For a special occasion, for a day
That everyone would remember.