city tale

a’

please,
listen to me.
she didn’t come by.
she should’ve come by!

I’m telling you, every day,
ok, every working day,
for the last 4 years,
she came by this spot,
between 9:30 and 9:35 am,
probably heading for work,
I don’t know.

it was the highlight of my day,
seeing her face,
sometimes happy,
sometimes frustrated,
most times sleepy,
every single time: beautiful.

it’s been 4 days now,
that she didn’t come by,
and I’m telling you,
something’s wrong.
someone needs to investigate this.
please.
listen.
look for her,
before it’s too late.


b’

weekly news report:
a strange malfunction caused a serious traffic jam
in the corner of Kifissias and Alexandras avenues.
a traffic light would continuously flash red
without switching.

policemen were dispatched to guide the traffic,
while technicians worked on the traffic light all week,
unable to locate the malfunction.

in the end,
on Friday evening,
the traffic light stopped working altogether.
it will soon be replaced with a new one.

one of the locals approached our camera crew,
insisting that the traffic light
was trying to tell us something.
but, he also insisted
that the lizardmen are coming,
soon, to conquer the world.
so, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
(cue laugh track)

moving on to other news…


c’

three days later,
no one was prepared,
when the lizardmen actually came.

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