vignette / what the hell just happened

I'm drawn to the commonplace,

the normalities of day-to-day life,

the waking-up, the flow of initial water,

the pouring of coffee, the eastern sunlight,

the cat’s mellow meow,

the curiosity in the appearance

of something that changes its attitude with time,

the discovery of a new world

much like the old one, the same

sort of killings with altogether different faces,

the vulgarity, the nauseating news,

the screams of the nestling sparrows

below the finality in the crow’s fierce caw,

the actual, putrid stench of wet,

slurpy canned cat food regardless of price,

and last night’s ridiculousness

scribbled across the illuminated screen.