cliff saunders

The Swarm Set Loose

The night everybody ran like rats from the field of preservation, a man
witnessed quite a miracle when a nightmare ended just as it began: with
roses growing in a tumble dryer. A little boy saw something else while
trying to lift a sterling silver basket onto the back of a tiger: a cold breath
of the ancient world. As the snow opened its arms, the man stood alone,
one song at a time. His heart was met with music in his head! His brain
was converted to love in his stomach! As statues plunged from windows,
he was protecting pictures of Venus on a soggy sleigh. The man found
glass in his bed and discovered one statue near his hometown that made
a music suspenseful and dark. Feeling lonely, he just closed his eyes, and
the artist he inspired with his form sent hummingbirds into a bowling alley.