I was at the liquor store. Filling my cart for a surprise birthday party.
After fussing with 12 year old bottles of this and that for a couple of lifetimes
I went to check out.
But there was no one
No one but an open door
Peeking through the door I was surprised to find a field of cherry blossoms and an old man wandering off in the distance. He wore a flowing kimono and jingly jangly bells.
“HEY ED!” I yelled after him, “Wha… who the fuck is minding the store!”
He turned, waved and wandered off over some hill.
I stood there for a bit. I could hear the birds chirping and smell the fresh spring breeze. “Well, free booze,” I thought. But when I turned back around to go into the store, there was nothing but endless rolling black space and a lot of stars.
“Surprise!” said the cosmos, “Surprise!” echoed the voice in my head.
