If I had a mech suit
I’d pilot it wearing flipflops and athleisure
Our reptilian overlords wouldn’t stand a chance
I’ll destroy goblin hordes in ancient tunnels underground
If I had a mech suit I’d steal ramen noodles and uncle ben’s rice from the dollar store. On my way out I’d punch a hole in the bullet proof glass so the cashier can breathe fresh air
If I had a mech suit I’d ask the girl I like out on a date.
I’d have a booming megaphone voice when I talk through my mech suit
The girl I like has big green eyes
Mine are dark and beady
She has a southern accent
I speak a rare northern accent people make fun of
If she says yes, I’ll pick her up and fly to a desert
to live in one of those old aluminum trailers
if she says no, I’ll fly to the desert
to live in one of those old aluminum trailers
I don’t believe in anything
god wants to turn us to dust
a dreamer out for blood
if I had a mech suit
I’d have a way out
I’d fly to outer space
dive into a blackhole
get torn to sharp metal pieces
everyone will think I’m a meteor shower
you can wave at me
I’ll rain down
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Ancient Behemoth
I walk to the courthouse and back on my lunchbreak
If I stay at my desk
I’ll explode
mushroom cloud style
today I walked past a dead squirrel
eyes open
blood on mouth
I am left behind by the squirrel
I stop to feel nothingness in the cold
I walk past the auto repair shop
my dead friend’s graffiti was on the auto shop building
but got painted over
I think about how I’m left behind
like super mutant
to survive
for no reason
my friend got shot and killed
for no reason
I am super mutant
I feel super mutant feels
I believe in my super mutant brain that
one day I’ll walk to the courthouse on my lunchbreak
after the world has ended and society has collapsed
and I won’t know the difference
my entire life will be one long lunchbreak
I’ll go inside the court house
spray paint my dead friend’s graffiti everywhere
sit where the judge sits
nobody can stop me
from lumbering around
this wasteland
puny humans
only one of us survives
it won’t be you
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Jon Berger lives in Saginaw, MI. His work is forthcoming at Expat and Cobra Milk. He tweets @bergerbomb44.
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