[CLICKS ON disaster.com, Livestream]

Rain tapped on the window

Begging to be let in 

Mom ignored it

The microwave pinged

She called, “dinner is ready!”

[A New Window Opens, Channel 20]

The rolling hills 

Ominous music creeped in 

The clouds dragged across the sky

As blood creeped in at the foot of the hills

The clear streams now murky with sediment and jealousy 

[The Frame Freezes]

The water stopped running

The deer froze

[Return to the Livestream]

Confetti landed on the young boy hunched in his gaming chair

A year had passed but nothing had changed 

A half eaten plate of lasagna waited at his side

A piece of confetti in his greasy hair

A waft of his mother’s lavender perfume hung in the doorway

The rain knocked louder 

The boy ignored it

[What World Am I In? Help.]

A leaf fell onto the deer

That shook its head

Almost

Gracious

The deer trotted over the bloody water

And took a sip

[The Livestream Pops Up, titled When Life Was Simple]

The boy sipped his coke

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING 

Blared across the screen

[Lost. Colors Dim. We Fly Into The Mayhem]

The boy stood and knocked over his coke

The deer smelled the lasagna 

The boy saw the bloody water and tilted his head

The deer kept drinking 

The boy dragged himself towards the deer

Making frantic hand motions

He didn’t notice how all of the flowers drooped

The deer didn’t mind the confetti on the grass carpet

The boy reached in his pocket for his phone

Abandoned on his nightstand

Where the lavender perfume hung in the door 

And the rain drummed