A Priori Panic

I wrote a poem! WTF?! First of many? We'll see.

A Priori Panic

We heard an alarming sound in the attic
What is it?
It sounds like a raccoon
No, the sound was very loud
I think it’s a fallen branch
Or it could be a downed power line! I said
What do we do?
Let’s theorize

It could be catastrophic
What if there’s a fire?
I’m worried about that power line
Maybe I should find gloves to insulate my hands
A fire extinguisher
Something to protect my face

If lightning struck the house
It would electrocute us all!
The alarm may not sound
And the neighbors are away for the weekend
We could be trapped in here!

Wait.

We should just look in the attic, empirically.

It was a raccoon.
We called pest control

Bradley Sroka
10/20/10