THE NEW SIREN

Incessant beeping pierced the night air like a tornado warning. People walked out into the streets, looking up. Children turned to their parents for answers only to find none. The churches filled up with sudden believers. Lines of cars made a steady, unmoving beeline out of town. The impatient ones abandoned their vehicles on the freeways and grabbed all available luggage in order to proceed on foot. Dinners was left on tables, untouched. The city became deserted. Fear had pushed them all out.

In hindsight, the new Thanksgiving siren was probably a bad idea. Maybe we should’ve told people about it instead of springing it on them.




-SLL