today I got some Americanized
Chinese food for lunch
as always it was inedible right away
due to the scorching temperature
despite being on the counter
and ready when I arrived
they must cook with volcanic lava
the food eventually cooled to a
consumable state and was ingested
after I was finished eating
I opened the fortune cookie
I thought
what golden tidbit of knowledge
will they bestow on me today
when I read it I could not
believe what I was seeing
I thought
surely this must be a cruel joke
the small piece of paper read…
today means action
carry out your plan
“holy shit” I said aloud
I hope a psychopath doesn’t
receive this same fortune and think
‘it’s a fucking SIGN man’
Gloomy Forebodings 