Armageddon is Here

Her eyes filled up the way they do when she is predicting madness We try not to take her words literally, for she is theatrically over-the-top Armageddon, she told us, the armies are gathering now for end of times Who to tell first? The father who abandoned her at eight. She scoffed, thinking how strange it was that she thought of him first. He was maybe her least favorite person in the world. She almost picked up the phone to call her mother When she realized that she would be pooh-poohed and chastised. Who to tell? She wailed in a lamenting way to her kitchen clock. The clock was no help, but her journal was. She wrote a little note “I wailed in a lamenting way”. She could use that someday. Her sister would be going to bed about this time; she worked nights. What about strangers? It would be fun to alert strangers. She put on her most colorful outfit and left her home. Running from house to house, she screamed and yelled and shrieked. “Armageddon is here! Armageddon is here! Save yourselves!” The neighbors were accustomed to her; They did not open their doors or look out. They knew who it was.