Down in the Bunker

Whelp, nuclear hell’s begun
The corner of my mattress cover keeps coming off

Haven’t heard from my friends in a while
But I can’t send them a message
That’s parasitic

Maggots got to the cans

My car’s dead
I tried to jump-start it
My car’s dead
I tried to jump-start it
My car’s dead

I have a pizza tower
New record
Twenty six
It blocks the lightbulb now

The charger got a cut
The wound grows larger
Deeper
Shoots sparks sometimes
But still works well enough

Notification: “Screen Time Daily Average”
“13h 58m”

Just waiting for the bomb

I’ll write sometime
I’ve got something people will love
But it’s late
I’m tired

Tomorrow

Name: Evan Byrkeland

Bio: Evan Byrkeland is a writer, hobbyist table-top game designer, and fourth-year creative writing student at MNSU. They're unafraid of anything you can throw at them, except for butterflies which are objectively terrifying.