I’d left the television going as I prepared dinner
broiled hamburger steaks w/cheese
in the center and Betty Crocker 3cheese
potatoes
I heard it from the kitchen a massive
POP
and the lights dimmed w/a buggy sort of buzz
as a white flash reflected
against the far wall of the next room
the television screen had exploded out and
at the center of the floor lay an infant child
its soft brain bursted through the fontanelle
settling into the carpet
genderless but for the
pink footed jammies–
more like a
household pet that had been
shaved and dressed grotesquely human
for some humorous Hallmark card
live here at the scene
it’s become apparent
that an improperly secured child
has be ejected from the
2nd vehicle–
rescue workers are
searching the area but admit
that the possibility
of survival
is unlikely
the thing on the floor
gave off a slight
suckling noise
but didn’t move
I switched the TV off w/the remote
half expecting everything to return to normal
but the silence
only seemed to amplify the smell
of every thing cooking