<strong>ONE</strong>
how did we live
in the days before
the status quo shattering arrival of
the Cool Ranch Dorito
before things were changed forever
by the doubling down
on the creamy filling
in the middle of an Oreo
without our food to forgive us
for the sin of being ordinary
how did we live
<strong>TWO</strong>
one upon a time
there lived an ordinary man
every day was much like
the one before
beauty and weariness
each accumulating
like dust on an unreachable shelf
one day
a glowing door mysteriously
appeared in the hallway
next to the linen closet
unnoticing he walked past it
on his way to shave
another day
an untravelled road
offered itself and
he drove right by it
trying not to be
late for work
later, at his scheduled
appointment with
the heavenly auditor
neither of these days were mentioned