A Cage To Hold My Dreams
The Great Flood, Part Two
the man next door is building an ark
in his backyard. he's convinced that
the wickedness of present times,
the terrorism, drug-dealing, street
crime, kidnapping and so on will end
up with God punishing the world
with a second flood.
he told me the materials alone have
cost twenty thousand pounds and
its nowhere near finished. he hasn't
got the deck in place yet,
or cut portholes, and he's been
working on it for five years.
i think he's crazy, but to be on
the safe side,
i bought a second-hand canoe
and i'm learning to swim.
