A Survivalist Finds You
A long time ago
you bothered him somehow.
Since then he has
bothered you back.
You don’t know how or
when you offended him.
You must have said something.
Always asking how you voted.
Many times you told him
you’re sorry for whatever
you said or did back then
but it has done no good.
He gets red in the face
and starts shouting
whenever he sees you.
Finally you find a new job
and move the family
to another city.
Things are peaceful.
You forget about him.
Thirty years later
a knock on the door.
He’s flown in from a cabin
he’s built in the woods.
He’s a survivalist now,
collects guns and says
the world is under attack
and you are an agent
for the enemy.
You have no time to leave
a note with his name
for the first-responders.
You would have told them to
find this man soon
and put him away.
Others like you are alive
who have bothered him also.
He’s taking planes
all over America
hoping to find them.
Today he found you.
Donal Mahoney
