The Great Collapse

Lee and Jay

found a bench seat

from a Volkswagen van

in the marsh

between our subdivisions.

Lee and Jay

came from Oakwood

where the houses

and the cars

were much bigger.

Lee and Jay

worked very hard,

they lifted the bench seat

from a Volkswagen van

into a tree.

Lee and Jay

worked for days

to put the seat

high up in a tree

so they could look down

at the rest of us

and spit.

Lee and Jay

sat in the tree

drinking Old Milwaukee,

gobbing at us

when the Great Collapse happened.

The bough broke

and strapped in

to the bench seat from a Volkswagen van,

Lee and Jay

fell out of the tree.

We saw it all.

We came from

Pioneer Heights

where the houses

and the cars

were much smaller.

We saw it all.

because we just watched.

We just watched

Lee and Jay

from Oakwood

work very hard

because we're from Pioneer Heights

and we don't like to work very hard.