October 4, 2015
Dear New Colleagues:
Welcome aboard our team
Merry Beings though we seem
A sundry lot of deathbringers
Try not to bring the screams!
No one, good or evil
Wants to see or hear our presence
Except the odd elderly fart
Or suicidal essence.
There are so many humans now
We had to grow our ranks,
Considering the planet’s state
Aggressive growth is our new plan.
The wars are coming, as are plagues
Assuming they don’t die
Of starvation, dehydration
Or manufactured highs.
These dumb humans don’t get it
They still place the blame above
Inside the heavens with That Guy
That freakin’ Guy, you know…
The one they ask for help
And when not received, create
Excuses for non-activity
Play keep-away with hate
So we step in to ease their hearts
And guide them through the dark
We are the escorts out of town
The bouncers of Earth’s bar.
Listen closely, use your eyes,
Your fingertips, and lips
Please find below instructions for
Detaching human grip.
Depending on the circumstance
They may put up a fight.
You mustn’t use diplomacy
Negotiation’s not a right.
Once your summons is assigned
You must arrive posthaste
Your charge is not permitted
Last words, texts, or emails.
Except on rare occasions
Unscheduled victim-heroes
May be permitted one last kiss, a phone call
Last hello.
It’s not that we’re unfeeling
It’s not that we’re unkind
And every job requires
Flexibility of some kind
Victim-heroes are quite scarce
Bent rules are not broke
Upon that first assignment
You’ll shadow a veteran cloak
Otherwise for average Joes
And Jills and Baby Janes
This protocol will see you through
To bring them back again
Sneak onto the scene quietly
Assess the situation
Take the soul quite quickly
Through the mouth, back to your station.
The soul is all we need to fetch
The body is subjugation
It’s heavy and unnecessary
Energy is our ambition.
Try not to get distracted
With bystanders’ whack reactions
Hardly any respond with glee
To our unannounced reception
The most difficult to fetch
Are the souls of kids and parents
Together they are willing travelers
Apart, they are most wretched
But it’s not always tears and fury
Shaken fists at skies
Relief and happiness breathe in those
Too terminal not to die.
The starving, wounded, sick, and lonely
Love to join our journey
They love the ride-along and ask
For stories until morning.
After you have gathered your
Assignments for the shift
Deposit souls within the wind
For great atomic mix.
For what comprises human soul?
It has no mass or volume
A soul is made of energy
Unclassified by humans.
These apes got one thing right,
Physics has solid amendments,
Energy is omnipresent,
No start or end, just movement.
And so we gather all of this
Discarded energy
Timepoints and coordinates
Decide the Time To Be.
We have work aplenty, stead yourself
We’ll head down to the sea
A hurricane has taken shape
Our origin of species.
A storm so powerful
It flung souls into the ether
Energy was rearranged to form
Our ranks of Soul Receivers.
So come along, my new recruit
Please ride along with me
We have four deaths tonight
One for you, and three for me.
Watch me first, then join me,
Then teach me to collect,
These are the steps to learning
The last will be your best.
Incendiary Kitty 