The plastic buzzer goes off.
"A child,"
my friend calls.
Correct
Shouts are heard
Someone screams
The next question
"What happens when they enter the sky?"
The buzzer rings.
"Gray lighting."
A flash of gray fills the sky
the screaming continues on.
The questioner looks nervous.
"What happened after opening 4378?"
Why must the trivia circle around such topics?
"Death."
The screaming stops
Then sobbing begins.
The windows are covered
"What happens after They finish?"
Everyone in the room tenses.
"Ash falls."
And just like that
Our tiny world explodes with noise.
They had come.
They had killed.
They were ready
We were not.
The questioner looked me in the eyes
and smiled.