Halloween Countdown: She Waits

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Cross-posted to mfu_canteen.




She Waits

She waits up there, in the level four corridor,
The one in the rear of the complex
That is less trafficked and dead ended;
The one the secretaries try to avoid.

The story goes she was once one of them
Cheerful and pretty,
A footloose career girl
Opening Channel D.
Until she fell in love with a field agent,
Who was young and charming,
But took risks, too many.

That was not unusual,
These things happen, as they say,
They happen all the time,
But not like this.

Because he loved her back,
Of that she was certain,
And wanted to marry
Before it was forbidden to do so.
And there was a ring, a big one,
And a gown and a church,
And a date set.

But somewhere in Madagascar,
His mission went wrong
And he never came back,
Leaving her at the church
With the ring
And the gown,
Waiting.

She couldn’t handle the grief, they say,
And she lingered for a bit,
Forlorn and abandoned
Until she found his stash of C4,
And hugged it tight.
It blew out her heart -
Literally.

So now she’s up there,
Heartless and waiting,
Waiting for another field agent
To not come back.
Is she waiting for you?
Open Channel D . . .