Forgot to Feed the Cat

As apocalypse authorities worried about zombies

Artificial intelligence like Skynet

They worried about the evil in the world

They had moved to live off the grid

In a veteran RV like third-generation ranchers

They wrote letters to an inmate who slayed in the name

Of God under the banner of Heaven

With a literary reputation conducted at the outer limits

His focus shifted to isolated communities of fundamentalists

Polygamy in civil establishment, Taliban theocracies and zealots

 

In September, in a locked bedroom, all five in the family

Tucked into bed and concluded their probe

Died from drug toxicity - methadone, heroin, pseudoephedrine

Used in the treatment of mental congestion

 

They left a goodbye letter, a to-do list,

And a common question: whose turn is it?