Christmas 2001 - Part I
(Waiting for the Fat Man.)
Columbia, Maryland
What was that?

Why the lights and beads?
Fake animals that smell like dust and dead bugs climbing up the stair railing.
Girl acting spooky.
(Well, nothing unusual there.)
Still, something's just not right.
Maybe I'll just wait a bit. Just chill.
I just wish I could make sense of it all.
They've acted weird before, but nothing like this.
Dead tree in the corner covered with baubles, open flame close by.
What was that?
Better just spend the night out here.