Colorless World

July twenty-second two thousand and nothing The aliens crashed through the atmosphere Parked on the roof of a church full of bigots Crashed through the windows and ordered a beer The preacher said maybe a bottle of wine Would put some color back into your cheeks While the landscaper cursed another dandelion And the congregation stared at the freaks Their leader it seemed was a one-eyed machine And he spoke in a monotone groan All this color, said he causes grave misery It must go and then we'll leave you alone He mumbled more words that sounded like birds Being shot in an October storm A shadow moved through The red, green, and blue shards of stained glass no longer felt warm The traffic was gridlocked at a gray signal light The old movies looked just like the new The only difference between the dead plants and the live ones Was that only the live ones still grew Millions were lost in the parking garages Couldn't tell on which level they'd parked During the week of the colorless world The skies were all gloomy and dark The spectrum was lost A cold summer frost clenched its fingers and shut off the sun The lawyers it seemed were immune and serene, saying Whose fault is this? Gee this is fun On late night TV you could get it for free A sample of what was the cure A pair of strange glasses that bring back green grasses But make you ashamed and impure During day number two the unholy few were selling the world on a song "The colorless world is a lot better off We were somewhat misled, we were wrong The Internet linked to a web site called pink That was sadly a strange shade of gray A one week free trial, learn the art of denial And they charged just a dollar a day The traffic was gridlocked at a gray signal light The old movies looked just like the new The only difference between the dead plants and the live ones Was that only the live ones still grew Millions were lost in the parking garages Couldn't tell on which level they'd parked During the week of the colorless world The skies were all gloomy and dark Days three, four, and five left the bees in the hive Confused, frustrated and lazy Suicide rates left the pearly gates understaffed Overwhelmed, and half crazy The world's greatest minds, had adjusted their blinds Hoping no one would ever look in Those who weren't scheming were silently dreaming And those who weren't dreaming would sin The barrooms were packed with theories and fact The six o'clock news was still on The drunkards and fools, were ignoring the rules And looting fine jewels until dawn The National Guard held the senator's yards And patrolled better sections of town While the rest of the city got no funds and no pity Block by block, home by home, it burned down The traffic was gridlocked at a gray signal light The old movies looked just like the new The only difference between the dead plants and the live ones Was that only the live ones still grew Millions were lost in the parking garages Couldn't tell on which level they'd parked During the week of the colorless world The skies were all gloomy and dark In search of a fix, they met on day six The religious and government leaders In a chat room they chatted from their office chairs padded With taxes and tithing from cheaters They deemed and declared at full day of prayer Effective sunrise on day seven Hoping massive devotion would stir an emotion With the wise one enthroned up in heaven The seventh day came. It started to rain The survivors began to assemble From New York to Bombay, they chanted and prayed Until the skies turned to black and then trembled In the once racist chapel they stared down a gray apple And an off-white bottle of wine While out in the haze The landscaper praised the sight of a fresh dandelion The traffic was gridlocked at a gray signal light The old movies looked just like the new The only difference between the dead plants and the live ones Was that only the live ones still grew Millions were lost in the parking garages Couldn't tell on which level they'd parked During the week of the colorless world The skies were all gloomy and dark