all was well until the custodian threw away my salad dressing
a complete fridge clean out
goodbye half bottle of the fancy type, please note it was not expired

things were peachy until a few of the worms in the compost decided to crawl out of the box
ending up dried on the tile floor of my office
I should have made sure the lid was tighter but who knew they’d plot an escape

it was a good day until the middle school mean girls acted as such
and the boys, being boys, too
grinding nerves and causing some idle, some not, threats of punishment

everything was cool until I saw the police officers at the outdoor concert
I wondered why I’ve never seen any at the park concerts across town
wondered in an ironic sort of way

life was moving as normal until the accident
lives collided while cars collided and everything mingled
yet this morning who would have known

the story was good until it wasn’t
then it became mundane or just plain dull
and we realized we knew the ending but we postponed reading it, opting to continue
          as we were