Outside Target

An old woman got up

On the large metal trash bin

Outside Target,

Somewhere in Santa Fe Springs.

Some people laughed,

Others got scared

And some actually listened

To what she had to say.

“The world is coming to an end!

We’re all gonna die!

Beware!”

Three people laughed

And five turned away,

Going back to their cars.

Then one man,

Wearing a worn out Budweiser shirt,

Burped and told her:

“We’re all gonna die

One day, lady.”

The old woman looked at the man

And people thought she was gonna

Say something.

Instead, she opened and closed

Her mouth a few times,

Like a fish slowly dying.

Then she nodded

And got off the bin,

Ready for her weekly

Shopping.