by Brendan McBreen.
once
people would gather food
and store it in little towers
these little towers dotted the landscape
and all was plentiful
after a time
some of these towers
were combined
into one big tower
and it kept gobbling up the other towers
until it was the only one left
no one had enough to eat
no new clothes
houses crumbled
but soon enough
the big tower fell
and everyone had enough again
and went back to making many little towers
however
in time
the little towers were merged again
and people suffered
then
as before
this tower fell
and people prospered
then later
the little towers
were once more
merged into a single tower
this time
reaching higher
than anyone had seen before
again
people were without
they cried and whaled
but the tower
would not fall
soon
the people were
so hungry
they all turned to salt
and the land
turned to salt
and there was no one left
except
one angry little boy
on top of the crumbling tower
one mean little boy
throwing rocks
at birds