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Reality track #1 Dystopia
...and then came the fallout. There were no more walks around the block. The parks and neighborhoods stood lonely. Fearful hearts hunkered down behind closed doors...took to the mattresses. It was hard to find nourishment for the mind and for the belly. Those who had a good companion during those days were lucky. The ones who had bad companions were out of luck.
Then came the announcement that on certain days, people were allowed to leave the house to receive their inoculation. Everybody who was inoculated got their freedom in return so it was said. The ones who had gotten free made sure all others complied with the offer. The few who resisted were brought into facilities for re-education. Then microchips were implanted in all bodies, so no body could get lost...in the wrong place...in the wrong thought...in the new found freedom.
...and the bellies were full again, and the doors allowed to open...and the world was new
...after the fallout
Then came the announcement that on certain days, people were allowed to leave the house to receive their inoculation. Everybody who was inoculated got their freedom in return so it was said. The ones who had gotten free made sure all others complied with the offer. The few who resisted were brought into facilities for re-education. Then microchips were implanted in all bodies, so no body could get lost...in the wrong place...in the wrong thought...in the new found freedom.
...and the bellies were full again, and the doors allowed to open...and the world was new
...after the fallout
Published 11th Apr 2020
Author's Note
Alternate reality tracks to follow soon
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11th Apr 2020 2:06am
11th Apr 2020 2:34am
Yeah, I know....I actually had an anxiety attack after I wrote this. Next track will be a more positive option.
16th Apr 2020 1:44am
A superb glimpse into a future world that may come to be. Your narrative was right on track and held the course wonderfully. This is a timely portrait of a reality that has just about come into being. And boy do I know the thing about having good and bad friends. Mine are all of the latter variety.
John
John
29th Apr 2020 00:44am
Thank you for your appreciation...not so much of the content since it will be hard to appreciate such scenario, but of the form I put it in. Stay strong awake and wild my friend.
21st Apr 2020 3:28pm
29th Apr 2020 00:50am
I can't get away from this vision. I try to see the love, beauty, support and goodness I get from friends, family and the universe in these times. I was planning to write another more positive outcome, but as of yet I am missing inspiration. I keep hearing I should connect with love, but I am connected with love. I am also angry but I will let that simmer and later form the tool that will protect and motivate me as days go by....like an exquisite tool for strategy and navigation, not like a fist.
