i misread the signs
and altogether missed
the portents
slept through the ominous
omens and peculiar
prophecies
the rain of blood
should have been
my first clue
and i suppose the swarms
of frogs and locusts
and locust-frogs
might have hinted that
something
was up
but i was busy
holding your hand
so the end of the world
well
let’s just say
it could wait