Mercy Kill

No one said the words
“the end of the world,”
but we all knew
what it was.

We would sit together
and watch the news
as a family,
huddled in the basement,
passing the time with questions.

Who was your first kiss?
Where did you want to go?
If you could have one superpower

I said that I wanted the ability
To kill the whole world
Just to put it out of its misery
But my mom gave me a glare
Look at your sister, Dave.
Look at her.
She's crying.