the same as

when all the cars
stopped
in the middle of the street
and everyone stepped out
and stared up to the sky
because
a giant eye
was looking back
that didnt have a mouth
but looked
like it could laugh
or talk
they thought it was god

it was only reasonable

(the news
couldn't even
report it
as anything
more or less important
than flying to the moon)

a man
could have descended
and no one
would have been offended
they would have taken it with breath
and decided
there was nothing wrong with death
even if it meant
spending a little
extra money