Service With a Smile

Shut your doors and lock them all Close your blinds, block out the light Cast yourself into darkness Hide from the light of truth Sit down, relax, let the sounds of your world crumbling Echo through the vastness Music to your ears Dust swirls across shafts of brightness, Seeping through the blinds Would you care for a drink? Tears in a cup of tinted glass Quite the delicacy The earth starts to groan Convulsions The tattered wooden walls crack Slowly exposing the outside The world beyond your walls Comfortable? Is there anything else your heart desires? Roof tiles and bent nails fall on the hard ground just outside Casting flickering shadows as they plummet past the windows Glass now shattered, blinds torn Close your eyes, let your heart slow its pace Breathe in deep… slow… Beams buckle and walls crumble Light floods in Cold Dry air All is laid to waste Amidst the ruins, in a vast expanse Of hard-packed dirt Not a stone in sight Only emptiness Under a graying sky and a waning sun Your check, That'll be two hearts plus tax Have a nice day