NaPoWriMo, Day 10

The NaPoWriMo prompt today is to write a poem in which multiple things happen at once.

One Sunny Day

We played Scrabble by the window
as the bombs exploded outside.
Aunt Jeannie washed the dishes while
Uncle Steve committed suicide.

Father drank his bourbon in the kitchen
while mother swept the floor.
Brother Bob went to his dead end job
at the run down grocery store.

The accident victim bled to death
before the ambulance came.
We went out to get ice cream cones
after we finished our game.

We saw the mayor set fire to himself
in the middle of a construction zone.
We sat outside the Dairy Queen
in a mild breeze and enjoyed our cones.

Cousin George was in his bedroom
making love with his girlfriend.
Some children played Frisbee in the park
when the world came to an end. - Jeff Barnes