Ariana

17

The sun rose and everything fell.
Opposite day turned heaven into hell
prisoners free; jailers locked in cells
lions preyed upon by gazelles,
tylenol outlawed, cocaine legalized
blonde’s intelligence finally realized,
skinny out, obesity idealized,
conservatives rude, liberals civilized,
southerners drinking unsweetened tea
books preferred to internet and tv
today the world isn’t all about me.
z z z…
Awakening after a dream, so extreme,
he saw the sweat beads on his forehead gleam
so, to relieve some anxiety and steam,
he began to knock on his wooden beam,
but it wasn’t his hand that started to throb..
Alex stared at the door handle and slowly turned the knob…