i told you so

because this normal

life

is not fun

enough, or interesting

enough,

they search

the cold lake

for the loch ness

monster,

they examine the haunted

house for ghosts

and apparitions.

they hike the hills

for big foot.

the abdominal snowman.

they turn

their eyes to the sky

and search

for a ufo,

an alien surprise.

then they bring back

a fuzzy photo

of something,

a blur

that looks like nothing

and say, see,

i told you so.