three lines

dead deer
truck drives by with the words
"Meat Packing, Inc."

This actually happened. Walking to the subway to get to work, I had to pass a small wood. One day I saw a dead deer lying in the leaves and just a minute later, an 18-wheeler with the meat-packing legend swept past.
This jarring image stayed in my head the whole day.

A nice house in the sky

I say my hell is the closet I’m stuck inside
Can’t see the light
And my heaven is a nice house in the sky
Got central heating and I’m alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah...can’t see the light
Keep it locked up inside don’t talk about it
Talk about the weather
Can’t see the light
Open up my head and let me out,
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time...

~Dave Matthews Band in So Much to Say