The Fortune Teller

Gaze into my crystal ball...

I can't see anything.

Look deeper. DEEPER!

Oh I see something now...

I see a military parade, all in red. Goosestepping Asian warriors...and...is that a huge nuclear missile?

I see a huge glacier calving off enormous chunks. Chunks the size of Rhode Island.

I see rioting and buildings burning. There are angry mobs running around committing the most atrocious crimes. Wait...is that Manhattan?

I see a great tsunami, bigger than any before. I see an entire city engulfed in water demolishing all in its path. Wait...is that San Francisco?

I see bearded men in white coats. Is this a vast laboratory? They push a button and a missile is launched. A crowd outside burns a make-shift American flag.

I see forests and jungles devastated by drought. Millions of African tribal children die of starvation.

I see a new leader in Russia. The people are not happy. This man has seized power and is backed by a war thirsty military. I see secret missile bases being refurbished. New submarines are launched in the dark of night.

I see a new flu, never seen before. It's a super flu, resistant to all known medicines. It starts its march through the population slowly at first but once it reaches a modern airport...

I see a secret room with old men in dark robes around a huge table. These are the secret men in control of the world finances. There is a problem...

I see stock exchange floors the world over...Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, London, New York...everything crashes. Much wailing...much wailing. Money is no more.

I see a world in de facto anarchy. Without money, governments collapse. Warlords rise to power. Killing is rampant but it solves little.

I see once affluent cities teeming with disease and starvation. The previous impoverished areas of the world have already been wiped out.

I see desperate factions gain control of the nuclear launch codes...

I see great red glowing mushroom clouds filling the skies.

Oh Madame, this is too much to bear! I can't look any longer!

Look, my child....LOOK!

Oh wait...it's getting better...

I see people at the UN coming together to stop the wars.

I see there's a new sense of positiveness in the air.

I see the few remaining wealthy nations open their hoarded cache to all and there is a great sharing among all people of the world.

I see a little girl in the arms of her mother, happily gazing up to the clouds, thanking God.

But suddenly, the crystal is dark. I can see nothing more, Madame. Why?

Well, you see my child...

The little girl wasn't looking at puffy white clouds. She was staring at an enormous asteroid glowing red hot as it entered the atmosphere.

Then it struck the Earth and blew it to pieces.

Eh, whatcha gonna do...

That'll be $20 please.