Hot Potato

a hundred billion people
scream a hundred billion screams
raging and ranting they spit towards the sky
“just catch the fucking potato”
because responsibility is too hot to handle
and so it rains potatoes
but they keep throwing
and so it keeps raining
because a hundred billion people
being pummeled by a hundred billion potatoes
need to dream someone is hiding up there
so they don't have to explain to themselves
why the gods are throwing potatoes at the clouds