Planet Defrost

 
God knew he'd been lazy
putting things off until last minute
so his hand trembled slightly
as he pulled the plug
but it was getting difficult
to open the door

First there were the nasties
skulking out back
even he
would need gloves for those
Half an onion stroked its long gray beard
staring blandly like a false prophet
Green salami warheads winked in the dark
cuddling a hard boiled egg with GM wings

Humankind had never been good
with fruit or multi-colored fur
but a half eaten Hershey bar
only the Devil could have dumped that
next to poverty and malnutrition

God knew
disruption was inevitable
but with hygiene at stake
what was a quake or two
when he removed the racks
Should he steep those trays
in boiling water?
It was two thousand years
since the last inspection
and he was itching to trial
his new tsunami pressure wash

As another chunk of Greenland
slid slowly to the floor
the creator pondered all he saw
What a mess ~
but six days had meant a rush job
Now if only he'd thought of auto defrost
there would be more time
to put that devil
back in hell
where he belongs