supreme ruler

you awaken
with the news on
the radio
that you have been
named supreme
ruler of the earth.
you had almost
forgotten that
you applied for
the job. you yawn
and stretch,
get up and take
a shower. the phone
won't stop ringing
with congratulations.
your mother calls
too, but says, why
don't you ever visit.
some supreme ruler
you are who doesn't
have time to even
visit his mother.
you get a text to
come down for
the coronation at
noon and to wear
a red cape if you
have one. you check
your cape drawer
and find a royal
blue one and a white
one, but no red.
the blue will have
to do and you snap
it around your
neck and shoulders.
you go get
coffee and there
is applause when
you enter, some
bowing, but you say,
something like
pffft, please,
please. as your ruler
go back to what
you were doing. you
get your coffee
then sit outside
where people are staring
at you. it's hard
to concentrate on
the list you wrote
down of how you are
going to improve
the world. you figure
you'll start small
though and have
that pot hole in front
of your house fixed
first, then go from there.