SYNDicAte

a scream

The sky screams
as the world
shoutsandexcitedly
     stops

the schools (closed)
rejoice as their children do
(let me drive you home)

a candle burns
but the power still runs
   as an ignored assignment gathers dust

the sky screams
andalittlevoicescreams
for the world
      to set it

(free)

Author's Note

cummings' grammar problems were overlooked