Crisis

All the graphs on the television screen are diving downward, the newscasters are telling their viewers between the commercials: that it is all coming to a head. The experts agree. People pop up and say: Yes, this looks quite bad, The worst this generation has ever seen, Terrible, really, for everyone, This will affect school children and children yet to be born, When this happened 79 years ago, in October, people flung their bodies from the highest buildings in New York City because they couldn’t bear the thought. Hey, Doc, says a waiter as he enters the kitchen, table six is yours. He enters the dining area to find the conversation is still going, the people all smile and toast and sip and shovel food into their mouths, and they laugh and laugh and laugh.