against their beliefs a blue spot came slowly
out of the green
nobody expected such a thing to occur
on a thursday
the watchers switched over from their electronic
eye to their notes
the evidence undeniably placed thursday as the day
of the pink circle
they recorded having seen another pink circle
in a strange light
which had (explainably) created the illusion of
being a blue spot
(blue from green on a thursday meaning disaster)
no one need panic
to ease minds they laid a complaint against the probity
of the machine
the next thursday the pink circle again appeared
to be a blue spot
the watchers congratulated themselves upon the circle's
sense of humour
and on the next thursday the earth came out in a
rash of blue spots
the watchers (finding themselves sitting on one) were
the first to die
