“We are out of time!”

"We are all broken!"

shouted the crazy man

on the street corner.

"We are out of time,

and the end is near," 

he continued

as people walked by

sipping their lattes.

Only I stopped.

his face glowed

with a light

I've never seen

and his words seemed to rise

above the din of the city.

"The time is upon us!"

he warmed.

A man stopped before him

"What time is it? he asked

the man stopped

rolled up his sleeve

and looked at the Rolex

on his wrist.

"4:30," he said calmly

and then carried on:

"We are all doomed!"

I sipped my coffee

and walked on.

by @ajackson7