yesterday, 6:48 p.m.

 
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
a cat jumped  
from a couch  
to a window  
ledge and sat  
in the sun  
 
yesterday.  
6:48 p.m.  
 
two lovers yelled out,  
" I hate you!"  
and their lives will  
never be the same  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
an old woman living  
alone waited for the  
phone to ring. she
waited, and waited
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
rain fell, and in a  
garden somewhere,  
flowers smiled  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
a factory closed  
for the last time  
and a hundred  
a fifty-two people  
lost their jobs  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
an easy operation  
went awry and a  
20 year old girl  
needlessly died  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
a car skidded off  
the road, landed  
on its roof and the  
driver walked away  
unscathed  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
a vacation of a  
lifetime was  
planned  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p m.  
 
final arrangements  
were made for a
beloved old uncle
who lived a life
full of joy
 
yesterday,  
6: 48 p.m.  
 
there was first  
kiss given  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
a last goodbye  
was uttered  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
wars were waged, peace treaties  
signed, babies born, eulogies spoken,  
dreams realized, hopes crushed,  
there was laughter, there were  
tears, hate was shouted, love  
given freely, banquets served,  
hunger begging, kings in castles,  
tents on the street, fortunes  
made, pennies scraped together,  
celebrations of joy, a gathering  
of mourners, truth as sweet a  
honey slowly pouring, lies that  
flash flood the common good,  
the symphony of a single song  
bird sitting in a tree, a murder of  
crows plotting to take revenge  
 
yesterday,  
6:48 p.m.  
 
worlds were destroyed,  
universes discovered  
 
yesterday,  
 
at  
 
6:48 p.m.