Premonition

Destruction of the worst kind!

Unsplash — Alex Belogub

I was in the laundromat

when the earth died;

and the lights went out.

Unsplash — Mike Balbus

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The machinery ground to a halt,

Eerily quiet inside.

A frightening, all-encompassing blackness prevailed.

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Outside,

Cars screeched

To a halt.

Loudly

Noisily.

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Connecting

Against poles, people

And

Each other.

Unsplash — Connor Samuel

Metal on metal.

Jarring.

Disturbing.

Lethal.

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Planes and birds dropped out of the sky.

Plummeting