Dystopia by Charles Eugene Anderson

Author:Charles Eugene Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mad Cow Press

If anyone asks how do the clouds unveil the moon? I’ll untie the front of her rope and say, ‘Like this.’

If anyone asks how Jesus raised the dead? I will kiss her on the lips and say, ‘Like this.’

If anyone asks how God’s pure embrace reached? I will take her and say, ‘Like this.’ – Rumi

Let the injunctions of God descend upon us like drops of frozen rain.

– From the prayers of the Third Librarian

I’m in the present. I wake up, and I’m not where I thought I was going to be. When I’d been here I had been next to Janet. The train. The Bomb. The dead mother and daughter.

I’m not inside the train, but I’m next to it. The revolutionaries of the bookbinders are wearing gasmasks. I can’t see their faces. There’s no emotions. They’re shooting those of us one the train. One by one the bullets are shot and they killing us off. I turn my head to see Janet. My wife is alive. She pulling my arm.

“Wake up, Chance. Can you get on your feet?”

I don’t say anything. I can barely hear her. My ears are ringing.

“Let’s go,” she said pulling on my arm. “Get up.”

I stand. I follow her. We leave the train behind. We leave the killing behind. I don’t feel good. I want to rest, but I can’t. I keep focused on Janet. I trust her, and she’ll find someplace safe.

We’re blocked. It’s terrorist. I can’t see he’s face. I can see his gun. I push Janet. We tumble away. Rocks, cement, and bushes hide us. I can hear Janet. She’s breathing hard, but she’s not speaking.

I can also hear the terrorist speaking to someone I can’t see, “They’re down there someplace. Should I go down there?”

“No time. We gotta leave. The shuttle-line guards will be here soon.”

The first terrorist yells down the hill at us, “You’re lucky. We’re leaving now, but know you’re lucky. Next time…”

Janet is crying. We’re still alive.

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