down goes face book

shockingly,

facebook

was down for a few hours.

i heard screaming

down the block.

the woman next door

was pulling her hair

out by the roots,

there was crying and

gnashing of teeth.

people were unable

to post their

baby pictures or

the cakes they just

baked.

now they'll have

to start all over.

pose once more with

the fish

they caught.

the heart they drew

in the sand.

memes were back up

from here

to Katmandu. 

civilization was teetering

on an edge.

it was a catastrophe 

never before

witnessed in the history

of mankind.

nothing could compare

to this horrific event,

not the Titanic going down,

or even Pompeii 

being swamped 

with hot lava.

(is there cold lava?)